kuldeepsharma-46830 This is how Vishal Ji works, a great film adapted from the literature.With a line of very very good actors those have created a niche for themselves. Pankaj Kapur Ji's work is like always above expectations. Movie is right in its plot for crime in the Indian context. The movie is must watch for phenomenal performances.The film is adapted from Shakeaspere's "Macbeth", using Mumbai underworld as the backdrop. Charecterizations are brilliant, with the witches in Macbeth, being metamorphosed into two corrupt cops.The screenplay, cinematography, sound design are dialogues are brilliant. The performances from all the 5 key players, Irrfan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, and the two cops, Naseer and Om Puri are out of the world. Music is imaginative with captive visualizations.Credit for the entire movie should go to Vishal, for his outstanding conceptualization and execution. A special word, for cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi. His final shot of Irrfan falling on the ground in the hospital, with a slow motion of a pigeon, followed by a changing color from normal light to serene green, followed by the fall with a tilted camera is worth going miles for!

akbar_auto The movie was really good .Vishal Bharadwaj has really made a masterpiece.on the acting front Pankaj kapur was brilliant as 'abbajaan' .even the small characters were etched out beautifully and the overall effect was really good.Irfan khan as Miya Maqbool is mind-blowing the chemistry he shares with his co-stars is good.it is really hard to believe that the movie is adapted from Shakespeare's Macbeth as the plot is set and picturised in mumbai and is really good. om puri and naseeruddin shah as the two cops are good and they share a good chemistry between them. I'm looking forward to watch 'Omkara' which has been adapted from Shakespeare's Othello.

pammoo After about coming across Maqbool on the posters and in stores, I finally got to see this epic movie in 2005. This movie is an epitome of Indian cinema and not Bollywood as people conveniently believe.This movie is very special to me as I could empathize with the protagonist, Maqbool, and his own struggle in life to have an identity. I'm 26 and all my life, I have been ahead in my thinking and liked more serious stuff at a very young age. I never found any other movie that touched my emotions so much not because of it's story but because it was like my own life struggle to find an identity. I had to cry at the end of the movie!! Maqbool is every man's struggle and not just a gangster movie. Top Indian actors like Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah play cameos in this movie. National School of Drama (NSD) has produced more actors like Irfan Khan(Maqbool) and Pankaj Kapur(. It would be wrong to compare this as another Godfather as the story line is different. Music is very contemporary and has all the elements of rich poetry and ancient Sufi aura. The beauty of this movie lies in the fact that how Hindus and Muslims co-exist for a survival. And the fact that time and again Hindu actors are made Muslims in the movies is also an indication of how India functions today. Maqbool has some of the most controversial questions that Hindus and Muslims ask even today in India and elsewhere. If you really want to see Indian gangster movies, you should watch movies made my director Ram Gopal Verma. Company, D, Sarkar, Ab thak Chappan, Ek Hasina Thi are all gangster thrillers.

Akanshima Agarwal Yes!yes! that it is.The film came as a fresh breeze of air when Hindi cinema is experimenting with all sort of stuff.With probably one of the greatest star cast in the world ; the film is worth spending a premium.People who neglect the role of Hindi cinema in world entertainment or who don't like Hindi cinema at all should look at this film.The plot goes as follows Abbaji ( Pankaj Kapoor ) the underworld kingpin of Mumbai has two faithfuls helping him in his business Maqbool ( Irfan Khan )and Kaka ( Piyush Mishra ).Nimmi ( Tabu ) Abbaji's younger wife loves Maqbool and wants him to take the place of aging Abbaji.One day on Abbaji's daughter Sammera's ( Mausami ) wedding to Kaka's son Guddu ( Ajay Gehi ) Maqbool and Nimmi secretly kill Abbaji.The throne of Abbaji is open whom Maqbool is intent on occupying with hook or crook.The two inspectors Purohit ( Nasseruddin Shah ) and Pandit ( Om Puri ) serve as bribed workers to this family. All an all a powerful five star.Hats up ! to Vishal Bhardwaj who won accolades from Karan Johar , Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan for this film.