Set in India, Qissa informs the narrative of Umber Singh, a Sikh who's forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber makes the decision to resist with fate and builds a brand new home for his family. After Umber marries his eldest child Kanwar a girl of caste, your household is faced with the truth of her identities. As individual aspirations and destinies collide at a struggle with eternity.