Maqbool
– Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary unde..
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.
30 Jan 2004
Hindi, Urdu
Vishal Bhardwaj
Abbas Tyrewala (screenplay), Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay), Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue), William Shakespeare (play)
Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah
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.
8 wins & 12 nominations.
Yash Raj Films