The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 19 nominations total
Irrfan Khan
- Maqbool
- (as Irrfan)
Pankaj Kapur
- Jahangir Khan (Abbaji)
- (as Pankaj Kapoor)
Firdous Irani
- Usman
- (as Firdaus Irani)
Vivek Mushran
- Tavde
- (as Vivek Mishra)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMacbeth is Vishal Bhardwaj's favorite play. He wanted to make a movie for mature audiences after his debut with the children's movie Makdee (Shabana Azmi played the witch for free in that one), and chose his favorite dark-story.
- Quotes
Inspector Pandit: Shakti ka santulan chahiye sansar mein. Aag ke liye paani ka dar hona chahiye.
- ConnectionsReferenced in No Smoking (2007)
Featured review
Yes!yes! that it is.The film came as a fresh breeze of air when Hindi cinema is experimenting with all sort of stuff.With probably one of the greatest star cast in the world ; the film is worth spending a premium.People who neglect the role of Hindi cinema in world entertainment or who don't like Hindi cinema at all should look at this film.The plot goes as follows Abbaji ( Pankaj Kapoor ) the underworld kingpin of Mumbai has two faithfuls helping him in his business Maqbool ( Irfan Khan )and Kaka ( Piyush Mishra ).Nimmi ( Tabu ) Abbaji's younger wife loves Maqbool and wants him to take the place of aging Abbaji.One day on Abbaji's daughter Sammera's ( Mausami ) wedding to Kaka's son Guddu ( Ajay Gehi ) Maqbool and Nimmi secretly kill Abbaji.The throne of Abbaji is open whom Maqbool is intent on occupying with hook or crook.The two inspectors Purohit ( Nasseruddin Shah ) and Pandit ( Om Puri ) serve as bribed workers to this family. All an all a powerful five star.Hats up ! to Vishal Bhardwaj who won accolades from Karan Johar , Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan for this film.
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- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was Maqbool, le parrain de Bombay (2003) officially released in Japan in Japanese?
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