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==Reception== ''Maqbool'' received universal critical acclaim. ''Rediff'' described the film as "a visual gallery that is an intelligent blend of dark, tragic overtones and comic, satirical undertones".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm|title=Watch Maqbool. It is class!|date=30 January 2004|work=Rediff|access-date=25 June 2007|archive-date=21 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040444/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Variety'' wrote that while the visuals are great, audiences might need an understanding of Macbeth to fully enjoy the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922283.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0|title=Maqbool|date=29 October 2003|work=Variety|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=31 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731142313/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922283.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0|url-status=live}}</ref> ''India Today'' described it as a "haunting operatic tragedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-of-vishal-bharadwaj-maqbool/1/196725.html|title=Movie review: Vishal Bharadwaj's Maqbool, starring Irrfan Khan, Tabu : YOUR WEEK β India Today|date=16 February 2004 |access-date=8 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130021/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-of-vishal-bharadwaj-maqbool/1/196725.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Outlook'' said that it "effectively transported the essence of the story to the milieu of the Bombay underworld of our times".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Maqbool/222895|title=Maqbool β Madhu Jain|access-date=8 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222905/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Maqbool/222895|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Deccan Herald'' described the film as "Brooding, tragic and brilliant. 'Maqbool' with its {{sic|sat|rical}} undertones is cinema at its best".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/feb012004/mr2.asp|title=Maqbool|work=Deccan Herald|date=1 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409132632/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/feb012004/mr2.asp|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>
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