Maqbool Movie
Maqbool (Favorite) is a 2003 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Tabu and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare. The plot of the film is based on that of Macbeth with regard to events and characterisation. The film did not perform remarkably at the box office, but won director Vishal Bhardwaj international acclaim. Apart from directing it, he had also composed the background score and songs for the film. Bhardwaj then moved on to adapting William Shakespeare’s Othello in his 2006 film Omkara which won him commercial as well as critical success. He then directed Haider in 2014 adapting Hamlet, leading to what is now called his Shakespeare trilogy| Directed by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
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| Produced by | Bobby Bedi |
| Screenplay by | Vishal Bhardwaj Abbas Tyrewala |
| Story by | Vishal Bhardwaj Abbas Tyrewala |
| Based on | Macbeth by William Shakespeare |
| Starring | Irrfan Khan Tabu Pankaj Kapur Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah |
| Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Cinematography | Hemant Chaturvedi |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
| Distributed by | Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
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Running time |
132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Maqbool Movie Castings
| Pankaj Kapur | Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) | Duncan I of Scotland |
| Om Puri | Inspector Pandit | Witch (Weird Sisters) |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Inspector Purohit | Witch (Weird Sisters) |
| Piyush Mishra | Kaka | Banquo |
| Ankur Vikal | Riyaz Boti | Macduff |
| Ajay Gehi | Guddu | Fleance |
| Masumeh Makhija | Sameera, Abbaji’s daughter | Malcolm |
| Shammi Narang | Mr. Bhosle | |
| Pubali Sanyal | Riyaz Boti’s wife | Lady Macduff |
| Master Raj | Riyaz Boti’s son | Macduff’s son |
| Gyanchand Rikhi | Mughal | Macdonwald |
| Manav Kaushik | Asif | Cawdor |
| Murali Sharma | D.C.P. Davsare | |
| Vinod Nahardri | Chinna | |
| Abbas Tyrewala | Sadiq Chikna | |
| Deepak Dobriyal | Thapa | |
| Firdaus Irani | Usmaan | |
| Vivek Mishra | Tawde | |
| Mohini Mathur | Badi bi | |
| Jaywant Wadkar | Palekar | |
| Jitendra Shrimali | Palekar’s P.A. | |
| Shweta Menon | Mohini | |
| Bhupinder Sharma | Mohini’s secretary | |
| Ramratan Sen | Ahmed | |
| Shankar Nihati | Kaka’s murderer | |
| Dibyendu Bhattacharya | Chinna’s killer | |
| Nadeem Khan | Badi bi’s killer | |
| Richa Nayer | Doctor | |
| Sanjay Bhutiyani | Custom Officer | |
| Dayashankar Pandey | Masterji |
