Maqbool (2004-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film :

Maqbool (2004) Movie :

Maqbool is a 2003 Indian crime tragedy directer by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Tabu 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 commercial as well as critical success. He then directer 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 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.

• Directer : Vishal Bhardwaj
• Producer : Bobby Bedi
• Screenplay : Vishal Bhardwaj,Abbas Tyrewala
• Story : Vishal Bhardwaj,Abbas Tyrewala
• Based : Macbeth,William Shakespeare
• Starring : Irrfan Khan,Tabu,Pankaj Kapur,Om Puri,Naseeruddin Shah
• Music : Vishal Bhardwaj
• Cinematography : Hemant Chaturvedi
• Edited : Aarif Sheikh
• Production Company : Kaleidoscope Entertainment,NH Studioz
• Distributor : Kaleidoscope Entertainment,Hotstar,NH Studioz
• Casting : Honey Trehan
• Art Direction : Jayant Deshmukh
• Costume Design : Payal Saluja
• Makeup Department : Suraj Chauhan,Vikram Gaikwad,Vinay Jadhav,Prakash Maruti Lad,Mili
• Stunts : Raja,Raj Shinde,Ravi Shinde
• Genres : Crime,Drama,Thriller
• Release date : 10 September 2003,30 January 2004 India
• Running time : 132 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Maqbool Movie :

Star Cast Of The Film :

• Irrfan as Miyan Maqbool
• Tabu as Nimmi
• Pankaj Kapur as Jahangir Khan (Abbaji)
• Om Puri as Inspector Pandit
• Naseeruddin Shah as Inspector Purohit
• Piyush Mishra as Kaka
• Ankur Vikal as Riyaz Boti Macduff
• Ajay Gehi Guddu as Fleance
• Masumeh Makhija as Sameera, Abbaji’s daughter
• Shammi Narang as Mr. Bhosle
• Pubali Sanyal as Riyaz Boti’s wife
• Master Raj as Riyaz Boti’s son
• Gyanchand Rikhi as Mughal
• Manav Kaushik as Asif
• Murali Sharma as D.C.P. Davsare
• Vinod Nahardri as Chinna
• Abbas Tyrewala as Sadiq Chikna
• Deepak Dobriyal as Thapa
• Firdaus Irani as Usmaan
• Vivek Mishra as Tawde
• Mohini Mathur as Badi bi
• Jaywant Wadkar as Palekar
• Jitendra Shrimali as Palekar’s P.A.
• Shweta Menon as Mohini
• Bhupinder Sharma as Mohini’s secretary
• Ramratan Sen as Ahmed
• Shankar Nihati as Kaka’s murderer
• Dibyendu Bhattacharya
• Nadeem Khan as Badi bi’s killer
• Richa Nayer as Doctor
• Sanjay Bhutiyani as Custom Officer
• Dayashankar Pandey Masterji

Story Of The Film :

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.

Production :

Irrfan Khan was selected to portray the lead role after attempts to sign Kamal Haasan, Akshay Kumar and Kay Kay Menon failed.

Reception :

Maqbool received universal critical acclaim . Rediff described the film as “a visual gallery that is an intelligent blend of dark, tragic overtones and comic, satirical undertones”.Variety wrote that while the visuals are great, audiences might need an understanding of Macbeth to fully enjoy the film.India Today described it as a “haunting operatic tragedy”.Outlook said that it “effectively transported the essence of the story to the milieu of the Bombay underworld of our times”.

Maqbool Movie Songs / Music :

The soundtrack features eleven songs composed by Vishal Bhardwaj with lyrics by Gulzar.

• “Jhin Min Jhini” – (performed by Sadhana Sargam, Ustad Sultan Khan, Anuradha Sriram, Rakesh Pandit)
• “Ru-Ba-Ru” – (performed by Daler Mehndi, Rakesh Pandit, Sabir Khan, Dominique)
• “Rone Do” – (performed by Rekha Bhardwaj)
• “Dheemo Re” – (performed by Ustad Sultan Khan)
• “Maqbool Theme” – (instrumental)
• “Rukhe Naina” – (performed by Sanjeev Abhyankar)
• “Chingari” – performed by Rekha Bhardwaj)
• “Rin Din Din” – (instrumental)
• “Nirvana” – (instrumental)
• “Shoonya” – (instrumental)
• “Jhin Min Jhini (extended)” – (performed by Sadhana Sargam, Ustad Sultan Khan, Anuradha Sriram, Rakesh Pandit)

Maqbool Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 8.1 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 9168.

when i see this movie not getting the recognition it so truly deserves it just disturbs me. on of the most powerful well scripted adaptation Indian cinema has ever witnessed. of course the cherry on the cake is the cream of Indian talent all showcasing their talent on screen. This is one movie that has some of my all time fav actors like Pankaj Kapur. Tabu.Irrfan Khan, Naseer and Om Puri…. and neither of them disappoints… watching Pankaj Kapur give the performance of a life time is sheer bliss……. It took a while for the DVD to hit stores and the day i got and watched it…it just simply blew my socks off…….ever since I’m in complete awe of the powerful scenes that this movie has which have forever etched themselves in my memory…. a must watch….

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh , from Bollywood Hungama give 2.5 star out of 5 Star.

Maqbool Movie Box Office Collection :

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