Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost
During the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh Punjabi named Umber Singh loses just everything and is forced to leave his homeland. He obsessively wishes for a male heir. When his fourth daughter is born, Umber convinces himself and his wife to raise the girl child as a son throwing up complications aplenty.
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7 January 1967, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
May 18, 2015
Though it's an odd hybrid of gender parable, displacement meta-text, ghost tale and unlikely romance, Qissa packs enough punch to make up for its thematic disparity.
May 18, 2015
Early promise of a poised and substantial piece gets undermined by a final, inexplicable leap into the paranormal -- an odd denouement for a narrative centered on the very real and corporeal issue of gender-based violence.
June 27, 2016
Love it or hate it, its ability to conjure such intense feelings either way deems it a success.
May 18, 2015
A strangely compelling blend of gender-switching romance, drama and ghost story.
May 18, 2015
One of the best films in recent times, it's an experience not to be forgotten easily.
