7:00pm|FILM|Qissa (Punjabi/2014/122mins) Dir.Anup Singh 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; where individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with community. Winner of Dioraphte Audience Award, Rotterdam Film Festival, 2014. Screening followed by discussion with Shubhra Gupta, film critic. Entry only by passes, available at the Programmes Desk Collab: The Indian Express Group
7:00pm|FILM|Qissa (Punjabi/2014/122mins) Dir.Anup Singh 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; where individual
ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with community. Winner
of Dioraphte Audience Award, Rotterdam Film Festival, 2014. Screening
followed by discussion with Shubhra Gupta, film critic. Entry only by passes, available at the Programmes Desk Collab: The Indian Express Group
http://www.eventincity.com/event/576/Qissa-in-Delhi
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