![]() ![]() ![]() The film is as bloody as it gets and captures the horrific crimes and brutality. And so begins Maqbool's moral decline, and it all started with samosa relish. They show him his future through patterns made of tomato ketchup and chutney. Played by Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, the cops speak of Maqbool's fate not in the woods amidst mist but over drinks. Instead of mysterious apparitions, Maqbool's prophecy is delivered by two corrupt policemen-Pandit and Purohit. Perhaps the most interesting interpretation of Shakespeare's characters in the Indian context is the role of the three witches. ![]() The film, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and more, tells the story of the wannabe king through Maqbool, who plots the murder of the local kingpin, Abbaji (played by Pankaj Kapur), with some help from the gangster's young mistress, Nimmi (played by Tabu). In Vishal Bhardwaj's Maqbool, high treason finds a new address in an Indian setting. With a little nudging from three witches who came bearing a prophecy of him becoming King and his wife, Lady Macbeth's biting taunts, he was driven to kill King Duncan and usurp the throne. Take Macbeth, for example, the story of a man tempted by his ambitions for the throne. Shakespeare's works are dramatic by themselves. ![]()
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