Maqbool

Fascinating movie. A perfect adaptation. Since I saw the Indian adaptation before the Scottish original; it actually made me appreciate how seamlessly the story has been adapted. Pankaj Kapur as Abbaji is sensational. Note his expression when he is stopped... Read more at imdb.com

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... Read more at imdb.com

This film is, in short, a masterpiece. A unique interpretation on Shakespeare's "Macbeth", "Maqbool" features Irrfan in one of the most brilliantly executed roles of modern cinema. He remarkably inhabits the skin of a character who is muddled, murderous, and... Read more at imdb.com

Vishal Bhardwaj has proven Rudyard Kipling wrong. West does meet East.I just came back after watching Maqbool directed by Vishal Bhardwaj (remember Makdee or the music director of Maachis?).And i am stunned. In this brilliant film, Macbeth meets Mumbai with... Read more at imdb.com

Maqbool About underworld dons,mafia, about police officers. For a change its shown that police officers are not all that dumb as they are usually shown as ! Om Puri and Nassiruddin Shah are the 2 police officers – who put an end to the gangs of dons by playing it cool – by being one of them – by being Vibhishan to Ravanas !! Pankaj Kapoor has a young beautiful wife – Tabu. Tabu in turn loves his assistant. A whole lot of confusion is created. In the end all of them die ! Its sad to see the ugly, short Pankaj performing on young and beautiful Tabu ! This is the case of most Indian women….reluctantly they are having to spread their legs to complete blokes ,ugly toads and give birth to nincompoops !Thus India has never seen any happiness till date – how can she – when the women are leading such deplorable life !

a movie based on the shakespeare play macbeth. Irfan khan plays macbeth and nimmi as his ruin. Maqbool(irfan) is the right hand man of abbaji, abbaji has a mistress nimmi(tabu). Tabu and maqbool are attracted to each other and when abbaji is away on business they spend this freedom together. The only person stopping their relationship is abbaji and so nimmi pays on irfan to get rid of him sumhow. She insults his pride and on the day of his daughters wedding, maqbool shoots him in bed next to nimmi. The story follows on to maqbool taking over the business and things go wrong to which problems start occuring and the business goes on a downfall. On one scene his guilty conscience shows when he thinks kaka's eyes open when he's really dead. Same happens to nimmi, she is pregnant, they are having doubts to who is the father of the baby and she is hallucinating...thinks she is seeing blood on her face, her hands and on the wall. Nothing can wash the guilt from their heads and leads to the demise. A well portrayed film.

Here is a movie that makes you sit up and take notice of a brilliant director, who entered the film stream as music director. Vishal's progress as a director is astounding!The film is adapted from Shakeaspere's "Macbeth", using Mumbai underworld... Read more at imdb.com

I saw this movie a long time ago and I saw it again recently, cant get enough of how amazing this movie is. A Hindi movie worthy of being screened at every internatinoal film festival, in fact it was screened... Read more at imdb.com

This is one amazing movie. I did not believe that this story would fit so perfectly into Bombay but it has surprised me very much.Actually I am doing a research project on Shakespearean adaptations and that is how i came... Read more at imdb.com

I just watched this film and I must say I was stunned. A modern day adaptation of Macbeth, director Vishal Bharadwaj takes full advantage of his hugely talented cast, and full kudos to his direction. He is one to look... Read more at imdb.com

Vishal Bharadwaj's take off on Macbeth and The Godfather - Maqbool shows that a good, sensible film can indeed be made within Hindi commercial cinema parameters. The performances in the film are extraordinary. Tabu is as good as ever. ... Full Review

He blithely tellsMaqbool that in six months, he will reign over Abbaji's terrain. Maqbool is a visual gallery that is an intelligent blend of dark, tragic overtones and comic, satirical undertones. And yes, Bharadwaj is definitely a talent. ... Full Review

This film is a must-see for the sheer pleasure of watching the best of our actors coming together in one film. The intensity of their performances makes the film engrossing and is an example of how brilliant and natural performers can elevate a film from its run-of-the-mill status. ... Full Review

Nimmi, his young mistress, finds the majestic Maqbool more charming, and decides to use the ambitious gangster to get rid of her paramour. ... Full Review

Maqbool is easily one of contemporary cinema's masterful creations. This is the third time I have seen the film, which is based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", and no other film has made me as uncomfortable as Maqbool by its sheer... ... Full Article