Maqbool (2003)

Director
Vishal Bhardwaj

Main cast
Irrfan Khan; Tabu; Naseeruddin Shah; Om Puri; Pankaj Kapur

Genres
Action

Description
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.


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