Maqbool
Maqbool Hindi , Urdu is a 2003 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Pankaj Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tabu and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
The film is based on William Shakespeares Macbeth and with Mumbai underworld as its backdrop. Maqbool Irrfan Khan is the righthand man of Jahangir Khan alias Abba Ji Pankaj Kapoor, a powerful underworld don. Maqbool is grateful and feels a close connection and personal indebtedness to Abba Ji. The movie gains pace with two corrupt policemen played by Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah predicting that Maqbool would soon take over the reins of the Mumbai Underworld from Abba Ji. These two thus play a role akin to the three witches in the original play.Nimmi Tabu is Abba Jis mistress, but she secretly loves Maqbool. Maqbool loves Nimmi, too. Nimmi also encourages Maqbools ambitions and persuades him to kill Abba Ji in order to take over as don. Maqbool is torn between his love for Nimmi and his loyalty to Abba Ji, but he begins to prepare the ground for becoming a don by ensuring that others in the line of succession cannot interfere. Finally, in a dramatic scene, Maqbool murders Abba Ji in cold blood while he is in bed at night, with Nimmi next to him. Maqbool gets away with it and takes over as don, just as planned but both he and Nimmi are haunted by guilt, seeing Abba Jis ghost and unable to wash the blood from their hands. There is also suspicion, within the gang, of Maqbools role in the death of Abba Ji, and eventually the lovers meet a tragic end. ........
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