which would have been faintly alien to his English audience—hence the “Three Weird Sisters” and surreal ambience of the play. This sense of alienness is brought forth inMaqboolby a strong attachment to Islam, the “other” in
But gradually with numerous instances of illegitimacy like the mock-family structure, the half- caste protagonist, the illicit relationships, and above all, the entire space of the film peopled predominantly by the Muslims made illegitimate by consigning it to the mafia world, we realize that the...