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In Mumbai's criminal underworld, the lord of all lords is Jahangir Khan (Pankaj Kapoor). Those loyal to him include Maqbool (Irfan Khan), his chief. But Maqbool is in love with Nimmi (Tabu ...
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- Irrfan Khan
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- Crime, Drama
- Power Hierarchy
- Intra Communal Conflict
- Madonna Whore Dichotomy – Maqbool Review
- Marginalized Antagonists
- Symbolization in Maqbool Movie Review
Based on Macbeth, here the European kingdom is replaced by the underbellies of Mumbai which is ruled by a Minority of Muslim gangsters. The community is interconnected and controlled by powerful Hindu politicians and local policemen. The clan ruled by its old master named Abba-ji is the leader of the pack. He has divided his power, between his two ...
Maqbool’s loyalty to Abba ji was his first and foremost priority over conflicts with Guddu but ironically Maqbool deceived Abbaji by conspiring his murder only to resist Guddu from the Throne. Abbaji Ji was more like his father and from his own community. Although being instigated by Nimmi (Abbaji’s mistress) who had an illicit relationship with Ma...
Nimmi has all the traits to be a femme fatale. She uses her beauty as a weapon to seduce and manipulate men in her life. Although a prostitute from Lucknow, Nimmi enjoys the special power of being the mistress of Abba ji. Under the wing of a powerful man, she is kept as a ‘Madonna’ protected from the lewd remarks of the community (which prefers to ...
Vishal Bhardwaj’s characters have gray shades to humanize their evil actions. Each and every character are directly or indirectly surrounded by their own sins. Maqbool being from a marginalized community has ambitions to find his own identity as more than a loyal right hand of his master. It’s his journey to acquire legitimacy until he actually det...
Vishal Bhardwaj always uses crows as omens in his Shakespeare-inspired trilogy. The ravens are seen by characters who are driven to insanity. In Maqbool, the crow is a messenger of darkness and death which is seen by Nimmi reminding the transgression committed by her. Red is also a dominant hue in the film. A Muslim gangster’s blood splashed off ov...
Jan 30, 2024 · How much of Maqbool was made palatable by the knowledge of Macbeth? Did the murder in the film come too soon, staged too quickly, almost rushing through a moment we have been warming our seats for? Are the spots of surrealism in the film and its bending on fate rendered comical, blending into the world of the film?
Maqbool Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Peter Brunette Screen International. Ultimately more Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Body...
Maqbool - A Review. Revisiting Vishal's Maqbool has been a pleasure. I think this is a really good adaptation where a fresh new soul has been blown into an age-old skeleton.
Maqbool is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Irrfan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Piyush Mishra, Murali Sharma and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
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The story follows Maqbool (Macbeth: Irfan Khan), the right-hand man of Abbaji (King Duncan: Pankaj Kapoor) - the most powerful and influential ganglord in Mumbai. Abbaji's mistress Nimmi (Lady Macbeth: Tabu) falls in love with Maqbool & inspires him to kill Abbaji and take-over his empire.
