A short review on MAQBOOL..

An interpretation on shakespeare’s ‘MACBETH’, ‘MAQBOOL’ is one of the best movie i have seen till date. Vishal bharadwaj is a brilliant storyteller and this was his career’s best IMO. He was successful in extracting the best from his talented cast. The screenplay and dialouges were excellent. The story is engaging and at the same time close to reality. The songs in between are bit disturbing but are well gelled up with the story. Maqbool (irrfan khan) was influenced by his lady love Nimmi(Tabu) to kill Abbaji(Pankaj kapoor) the godfather of Mumbai and capture his throne. Latter Maqbool goes on to kill his childhood friend ‘Kaka’ and declare himself as the successor of Abbaji. But the guilt of killing Abbaji affect Nimmi and Maqbool’s life harshly.
The high class performances takes the movie to another level and i dont think any other artist from the present lot would have been able to match the act. Nasserudin Shah and Om Puri gives expert portrayals as the corrupt policemen. Tabu was brilliant as Nimmi. Irrfan khan was more than excellent and deserves all the acclaims. But for me pankaj kapoor with his classy act was the showstealler. He played the character as if he was born to play it. The versatality which he shows in his movies are class apart, but sadly he is yet to receive his due in Bollywood. In some parts i found him better than Al pacino in ‘The Godfather’ and in others he was at par with him.
In short MAQBOOL is a masterpiece and an underrated GEM which shows the hidden potential of Bollywood. WATCH IT NOW!!
PS- Can i say that Maqbool is better than The Godfather and Pankaj kapoor’s performance in Maqbool is better than that of Al pacino’s in Godfather??