Maqbool

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Maqbool मक़्बूल مقبُول
Directed by	Vishal Bharadwaj
Produced by	Bobby Bedi
Written by	Abbas Tyrewala, Vishal Bharadwaj
Starring	Irfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Piyush Mishra Masumeh Makhija
Music by	Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinematography	Hemant Chaturvedi
Editing by	Aarif Sheikh
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release date(s)	January 30, 2004
Running time	132 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi/Urdu
Budget	INR 3,00,00,000
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Maqbool (Hindi: मक़्बूल, Urdu: مقبُول), a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and starring Pankaj Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tabu and Masumeh Makhija is an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.

The film had its North American premiere at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Though the film failed to entice much of an audience during its theatrical run in India, critics were appreciative and Pankaj Kapoor went on to win a Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics).

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Music
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[edit] Plot

Maqbool (Irfan Khan) is an orphan adopted by Abba Ji (Pankaj Kapoor), a reputed underworld don, works for him and is highly grateful to him for all the help. Nimmi (Tabu) is Abba Ji's mistress, but loves Maqbool deep somewhere. She fuels Maqbool's mind and persuades him to kill Abbaji and take over his post, and Maqbool does so but he is unhappy ever after and is haunted by his own sins and Abbaji's spirit and he finally dies after facing all the hardships.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character in the movie	Character in the play
Irfan Khan	Mian Maqbool	Macbeth
Tabu	Nimmi	Lady Macbeth
Pankaj Kapoor	Jahangir Khan aka Abbaji	Duncan I of Scotland
Om Puri	Inspector Pandit	Witch (Weird Sisters)
Naseeruddin Shah	Inspector Purohit	Witch (Weird Sisters)
Piyush Mishra	Kaka	Banquo
Ajay Gehi	Guddu	Fleance
Masumeh Makhija Sameera Abaji's daughter