Maqbool
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.
Plot
The film is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with the Mumbai underworld as its backdrop. Miyan Maqbool (Irrfan Khan) is the right-hand man of Jahangir Khan (alias Abba Ji) (Pankaj Kapur), a powerful underworld don. Maqbool is grateful and feels a close connection and personal indebtedness to Abba Ji. Seeing their close relationship but also sensing Maqbool's ambition, two corrupt policemen (Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah) predict that Maqbool will soon take over the reins of the Mumbai Underworld from Abba Ji.
More details
| author | Abbas Tyrewala Vishal Bhardwaj |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mumbai |
| director | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| editor | Aarif Sheikh |
| events | organized crime |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | comic relief corrupt cop flee haunt indian mafia mumbai underworld police inspector rise and fall tragic hero underworld don william shakespeare |
| musicBy | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| producer | Bobby Bedi |
| publisher | Yash Raj Films |