Qissa (film)

Qissa
Film Poster
Directed byAnup Singh
Written byAnup Singh
Madhuja Mukherjee
Produced byJohannes Rexin
Bettina Brokemper
StarringIrrfan Khan
Tillotama Shome
Tisca Chopra
CinematographySebastian Edschmid
Edited byBernd Euscher
Music byBeatrice Thiriet
Manish J Tipu
Release dates
  • 8 September 2013 (2013-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) (Germany)
  • 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) (India)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesIndia
Germany
France
Netherlands
LanguagesPunjabi, German, French & Dutch

Qissa is a 2013 Indian-German drama film written and directed by Anup Singh. The Punjabi-language film was released in Indian theaters on 20 February 2015 nationwide and simultaneously on DVD and VOD as well.[1] The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival[2][3] where it won the Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film.[4] The theme of the film focuses on desire of a Sikh man towards having a son to continue the family lineage.

  1. ^ "'Qissa' to release Feb 20 on multiple platforms". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Qissa". TIFF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ "TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest’s top prize". Toronto Star, 15 September 2013.