Maqbool (2003)

Original title

मक़बूल

Directed by

Vishal Bhardwaj

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

18+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Mumbai crime boss is influenced by his ambitious lover and supernatural prophecies to murder his way to power. The film follows his violent rise and the paranoia and guilt that consume him afterwards.

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What happens

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. The plot of the film is based on that of Macbeth with regard to events and characterisation. The film did not perform remarkably at the box office, but won director Vishal Bhardwaj international acclaim. Apart from directing it, he had also composed the background score and songs for the film. Bhardwaj then moved on to adapting William Shakespeare's Othello in his 2006 film Omkara which won him further critical success. He then directed Haider in 2014 adapting Hamlet, leading to what is now called his Shakespeare trilogy. The film had its North American premiere at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Though the film failed to garner much of an audience during its theatrical run in India, critics were appreciative and considered as a Cult film over the years. Pankaj Kapur went on to win a Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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