MUMBAI: After having worked in films like The Amazing Spider-Man, and Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi, Irrfan Khan has been signed to work in an Indo-European venture titled Qissa. The film is being co-produced by German-Dutch-French and NFDC.

NFDC managing director Nina Lath Gupta said, "Germany‘s Heimat Films met up with us at Rotterdam Cinemart. They are the principal producers of the film, and then, Dutch production house Augustus Films, France‘s Cine-Sud and India‘s NFDC joined hands. We have planned at a medium budget level."

Khan said, "I am excited about this venture. Set in the interiors of 1940s Punjab, Qissa will revolve around a logger who is seeking to rebuild his life after the Partition of India. A fine emotional narrative, it also explores his relationship with his son."

The film will be made in Punjabi with subtitles for an international audience, and will be distributed worldwide.