Highly Overrated But Still Good

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

There is terrific acting all round in this creepy low-budget adaptation of Macbeth. Vishal Bharadwaj effectively marries Shakespeare with gangster movies to make a disturbing film. Pankaj Kapoor is riveting as the aging gangster Abbaji with Irrfan Khan playing his trusted right hand man Maqbool. Tabu has a complex role to play as Nimmi, Abbaji's moll. Her role differs from the text and she has (MINOR SPOILERS) a heart-breaking demise. Despite the crimes committed by Maqbool and Nimmi, we still feel for them both. Om Puri is in top form as a corrupt cop. Highly recommended.Overall 9/10

when i see this movie not getting the recognition it so truly deserves it just disturbs me. on of the most powerful well scripted adaptation Indian cinema has ever witnessed. of course the cherry on the cake is the cream of Indian talent all showcasing their talent on screen. This is one movie that has some of my all time fav actors like Pankaj Kapur. Tabu.Irrfan Khan, Naseer and Om Puri.... and neither of them disappoints... watching Pankaj Kapur give the performance of a life time is sheer bliss....... It took a while for the DVD to hit stores and the day i got and watched it...it just simply blew my socks off.......ever since I'm in complete awe of the powerful scenes that this movie has which have forever etched themselves in my memory.... a must watch....

It is a pity that Such Good movies don't receive recognition from people..Vishal is just someone who can blend things perfectly into Indian scenario!.. Every one does justice to their roles.. :)Naseer and Om Puri have short roles but they do full justice to the roles given and are the best of the lot !!Abbaji ( Pankaj Kapoor) does a godfather like Role ! with low voice and more of throat in it !! and Does it Fantastically well.. Irfaan , Tabu have done fantastically well.. now waiting to see their combo again in "THE NAMESAKE" Do watch this movie if u really like Cinematic EXCELLENCE

For folks not familiar with the story of Macbeth (erm, me), this Bollywood adaptation most certainly make an interesting introduction. Questions abound for well-read folks or Shakespeare nuts; Was the film faithful to its source? Or was it bursting with invention? Is it just me or does anyone agree that the spiralling descent of this story gave off some pretty foul and nasty vibes? Maqbool's eerie, unnerving, frustrating and extremely feel bad elements all seem to crescendo into an oppressing tumult of feelings. There's also a foreboding sense of omnipresent evil in this flick's universe. An evil which takes corporeal form (instigating bitches), or not (Maqbool's own weakness of mind). An evil which plants seeds of doubts in our main man, fans his darkest desires and ultimately, pushing him towards his inevitable fall from grace. Gosh, negative energies premeate every inch of this doom enshrouded yarn....its very suffocating. That said, a well made film Maqbool is (or I would not feel the way I do now already).