Faezeh Jalali
Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; as individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Abhay Joshi, a young, bright Special Police Officer (SPO) conducts a police raid on a dingy hotel in the suburbs of Mumbai. Though the police arrest few prostitutes along with their customers in the disgusting small rooms of the hotel, Abhay seems disappointed. He had information about a graver crime. Just then, he hears a muffled scream. He spots a thin boy escaping from beneath the hotel. Few minor girls run behind him. By the time police reaches the secret door, the boy and the girls disappear into the narrow lanes. .
