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.
Zoya
A photographer at the Gateway of India (Mumbai) is drawn by the sudden urge to photograph a stranger. She doesn't speak his language. They are worlds apart.
Newsreader
Jamal Malik es un adolescente pobre de Bombay que, por un motivo desconocido, está concursando en la versión hindú del programa "¿Quién quiere ser millonario?". A punto de conseguir los 20 millones de rupias como premio mayor del concurso, el joven es interrogado por la policía, bajo la sospecha de estar haciendo trampas. Pero para cada una de las preguntas, Jamal tiene una respuesta...
Sheela
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. .
