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Jan 30, 2024 · Twenty years after its release, to slot Maqbool into categories of “good” and “bad” is perhaps useless and unnecessary. The mind is unable to work with that kind of clarity, sullied as it is with the myth and the mourning — of Khan and Puri, both no longer with us.
Reviews. Revisiting Vishal's Maqbool has been a pleasure. I think this is a really good adaptation where a fresh new soul has been blown into an age-old skeleton.
Tabu, Pankaj Kapoor are excellent, as are Naseerudin and Om Puri, but when Maqbool (Irfan) is on screen, he overshadows all. Yes even Pankaj (one of the finest actors of India). Vishal Bharadwaj has made an excellent adaptation. Why, oh why doesn't someone drag Sanjay Leela Bhansali to see this film.
Maqbool: Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. With Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah. The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- 2004-01-30
Sep 20, 2003 · Maqbool (Khan) is the favored lieutenant of Abbiji, a Godfather-like figure who runs the Indian underworld. Maqbool is completely loyal to Abbiji, even resisting the advances of the sultry Nimmi, Abbiji’s mistress (and the movie’s Lady Macbeth). It’s hinted that the two have a past of sorts, but Maqbool adamantly refuses to betray his boss.
Maqbool is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Piyush Mishra, Murali Sharma and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
Jan 30, 2024 · Today marks 20 years of Maqbool. (Express archive photo) Some magic happened there, says Vishal Bhardwaj about his much acclaimed Macbeth adaptation Maqbool, which completes 20 years of its release on Tuesday.
