Two years ago, after the screening of the Partition drama Qissa at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Irrfan Khan sat down with his co-stars and director for a meal at a restaurant close to Yonge Street, once called the world’s longest road. Then something happened that brought “tears to our eyes”, as Anup Singh, the Genevabased director of Qissa recalls.
“Members of the audience, who happened to pass by our table, set on the roadside, would simply clap and applaud around us before going on. They wouldn’t disturb our dinner, they would very respectfully smile and go on,” says Singh, whose film in Punjabi went on to win the Best Asian Film award at the festival that year.

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