Maqbool

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' 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.

Cast

Irrfan Khan

as Maqbool Miyan

Tabu

as Nimmi

Pankaj Kapur

as Jahangir "Abbaji" Khan

Om Puri

as Inspector Pandit

Naseeruddin Shah

as Inspector Purohit

Piyush Mishra

as Kaka

Ankur Vikal

as Riyaz Boti

Ajay Gehi

as Guddu

Masumeh Makhija

as Sameera

Pubali Sanyal

as Riyaz Boti's wife

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