Maqbool

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-30

Languages:

Urdu, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (3945 Reviews)

Director:

Vishal Bhardwaj

Genres:

Crime Drama

Cast:

Irrfan Khan Tabu Pankaj Kapur Naseeruddin Shah

Writer:

Abbas Tyrewala (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue)

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy 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. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham wood.

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