Set in post-colonial India,'' Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who's forced to flee his village because of cultural cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber builds a brand new home for his family and makes the decision to resist fate. After Umber marries Neeli and his child Kanwar, a woman of caste, your family is confronted with the truth of her identities. As individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with life span.