Maqbool (2003)
मक़बूल
The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
- Date of release
- 2003-01-30
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (75)
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Vishal Bhardwaj
Casting
- Irrfan Khan — Maqbool Miyan
- Tabu — Nimmi
- Pankaj Kapur — Jahangir "Abbaji" Khan
- Om Puri — Inspector Pandit
- Naseeruddin Shah — Inspector Purohit
- Piyush Mishra — Kaka
- Ankur Vikal — Riyaz Boti
- Ajay Gehi — Guddu
- Masumeh Makhija — Sameera
- Pubali Sanyal — Riyaz Boti's wife
- Shammi Narang — Mr. Bhosle
- Murali Sharma — D.C.P. Davsare
Interesting facts
- Based on: Macbeth
Maqbool is a 2003 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.
Production
Irrfan Khan was selected to portray the lead role after attempts to sign Kamal Haasan, Akshay Kumar and Kay Kay Menon failed. In 2023, Vishal Bhardwaj revealed that the team had reached advanced discussions with Kamal Haasan, but the actor wanted the film to be a bilingual shot in Tamil and Hindi, with separate actors brought in for the Tamil version.
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