The London Indian Film Festival - Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost | Uk Premiere | Cert 12a

Punjabi with English subtitles | 109 min | India,
Germany, Netherlands, France | Dir. Anup Singh | with Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal.

Acclaimed actor and LIFF 2013 guest Irrfan Khan (Lunchbox, Life of Pi), plays the role of Umber Singh, a rural Sikh, dispossessed from his homeland by the Partition. He obsessively focuses on the 'ideal' of having a son and heir, but as his fourth daughter is born he hides the child's true identity, she becomes the son of his dreams, but at a terrible cost. Deftly directed by Anup Singh with stunning performances from an ensemble cast including Tillotama Shome as the 'son'.