Maqbool

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1. #001

   Macbeth is Vishal Bhardwaj's favourite play. After his debut with the children's film Makdee (in which Shabana Azmi played the witch for free), he wanted to make a film for adult audiences and chose his favourite dark story.

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2. #002

   Naseeruddin Shah held a workshop for all the actors in the film a few days before shooting began, in order to involve everyone in the character and create natural interactions. Director Vishal Bhardwaj asked him to do this after learning how well the method had worked on Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding (2001).

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3. #003

   Naseeruddin Shah was the first choice for Pankaj Kapur's role. He turned down the offer because he wanted to play the policeman. After declining the film, he suggested Pankaj Kapur for the role.

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4. #004

   After Akshay turned down the film, Randeep Hooda was approached. However, Randeep had a contract with Ram Gopal Verma and could not sign the film.

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5. #005

   Maqbool was officially Irrfan Khan's first leading role as a hero in a Bollywood production. Savaşçı, released at film festivals a few years earlier, was an international English film written in Hindi.

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6. #006

   The vagrant killed by the pandit and purohit at the beginning of the film is played by the film's screenwriter, Abbas Tyrewala.

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7. #007

   Vishal Bhardwaj's first choice for the role of Maqbool was Akshay Kumar.

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8. #008

   Akshay Kumar turned down the film because the hero was shown as more relaxed at the climax.

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9. #009

   Manoj Bajpai asked Vishal Bhardwaj to cast him in the film. However, Vishal Bhardwaj felt he could not do him justice. Manoj Bajpai was still riding the success of Satya (1998) with the character Bhiku Mahtre.

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10. #010

    Vishal Bhardwaj spoke with Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna about playing the lead. Both turned it down for unknown reasons.

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11. #011

    In a scene in the film, Abba ji and Maqbool come out of the mosque after offering Eid prayers while a qawwali, "Mein deewani Khawaja ki deewani", plays in the background. The qawwali was originally sung by the Pakistani qawwal Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (Sabri Brothers). The qawwal's name resembles the film's title.

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12. #012

    This film is part of Vishal Bhardwaj's trilogy of Shakespeare adaptations. In all three films, the title character's name matches the name of the title character of the story/play they are adapted from. "Maqbool" matches "Macbeth", "Omkara" matches "Othello" and "Haider" matches "Hamlet".

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13. #013

    The film's title was previously "Miyan Maqbool".

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14. #014

    The film was not given a theatrical release in British Columbia, Canada.

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