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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Irrfan Khan | ... | Maqbool (as Irrfan) | |
| Tabu | ... | Nimmi | |
| Pankaj Kapur | ... | Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) (as Pankaj Kapoor) | |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Inspector Purohit | |
| Om Puri | ... | Inspector Pandit | |
| Piyush Mishra | ... | Kaka | |
| Masumeh Makhija | ... | Sameera (Abbaji's Daughter) | |
| Ajay Gehi | ... | Guddu (Kaka's son) | |
| Abbas Tyrewala | ... | Sadik Chikna | |
| Deepak Dobriyal | ... | Thapa | |
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Gyanchand Rikki | ... | Mughal |
| Manav Kaushik | ... | Asif | |
| Ankur Vikal | ... | Riyaz Boti | |
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Pubali Sanyal | ... | Boti's wife |
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Raj | ... | Boti's son |
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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. Written by James McLeod
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30 January 2004 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Aamir Khan launched the music of the film. See more »Quotes
Inspector Pandit: Shakti ka santulan chahiye sansar mein. Aag ke liye paani ka dar hona chahiye.See more »
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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.