''King Uncle'' is a 1993 Indian
Hindi
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-language
action comedy film
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directed by
Rakesh Roshan
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. The film stars
Jackie Shroff,
Shah Rukh Khan, and
Anu Agarwal
Anu Aggarwal (born 11 January 1969) is a former Indian model and actress. She is best known for her works in ''Aashiqui'', ''The Cloud Door'' and ''Thiruda Thiruda''.
Early life and background
Anu Aggarwal was born on 11 January 1969 in New Del ...
.
Nagma
Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead actress in the 1990s. She made her cinematic debut in the film '' Baaghi'' opposite Salman Khan in 1990. ...
,
Paresh Rawal,
Sushmita Mukherjee, Pooja Ruparel,
Deven Verma
Deven Verma (23 October 1937 – 2 December 2014) was an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with Bollywood directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He also produced and directed fi ...
appear in supporting roles. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film ''
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'' that starred
Aileen Quinn
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and
Albert Finney, which in turn is based upon the 1924 comic strip ''
Little Orphan Annie'' by
Harold Gray
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. The film was box office success and has since gained cult status, being well received by families and children. Both Shroff and Ruparel's performances received critical acclaim.
Synopsis
Ashok Bansal (
Jackie Shroff) is an extremely wealthy, strict industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip'. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to become rich because his mother abandoned him with his two other siblings and left for a richer man in the past. In the process of acquiring wealth, he becomes an unbearable disciplinarian and neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil (
Shahrukh Khan
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) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). He gets his sister Suneeta married to a man (
Dalip Tahil
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) who turns out to be a golddigger, although she is in love with Ashok's manager (
Vivek Vaswani
Vivek Vaswani is an actor, writer and producer. He is also dean of Pearl Academy
Career
An alumnus of Campion School and Cathedral and John Connon, started off with acting in India's first TV soap opera 'Khandaan'. He then produced a Mara ...
). Anil goes against his brother's highhanded ways and marries Kavita a poor girl (
Nagma
Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead actress in the 1990s. She made her cinematic debut in the film '' Baaghi'' opposite Salman Khan in 1990. ...
), opting to leave the house.
Munna (Pooja Ruparel), an orphan arrives at Ashok Bansal's house & tries to thaw the icy strict Ashok. She creates havoc in Ashok's home and eventually manages to become the apple of his eye, while he tries to get her taken back from the orphanage run by a scheming drunkard warden (Sushmita Mukherjee), who had to bear losses due to Munna spilling the beans about her drunken behavior. Thanks to Munna's suggestions, he frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home.
When the orphanage warden plans to kidnap Munna to kill and dump her and usurp ransom from Ashok Bansal, not realizing their evil plan he lets Munna go. Realizing that he misses Munna, he decides to adopt Munna saving her from the clutches of the warden and her criminal boyfriend (Paresh Rawal) . Ashok Bansal eventually with the help of Munna mends fences with his own family and becomes a kind man with a one big happy family.
Cast
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Jackie Shroff as Ashok Bansal / a.k.a. King Uncle
*
Shahrukh Khan
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as Anil Bansal
*
Nagma
Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead actress in the 1990s. She made her cinematic debut in the film '' Baaghi'' opposite Salman Khan in 1990. ...
as Kavita
*
Anu Agarwal
Anu Aggarwal (born 11 January 1969) is a former Indian model and actress. She is best known for her works in ''Aashiqui'', ''The Cloud Door'' and ''Thiruda Thiruda''.
Early life and background
Anu Aggarwal was born on 11 January 1969 in New Del ...
as Fenni
*
Pooja Ruparel as Munna, Orphan girl.
*
Nivedita Joshi
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as Suneeta Bansal
*
Paresh Rawal as Pratap
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Sushmita Mukherjee as Shanti, Orphanage Principal.
*
Deven Verma
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as Karim, Head Servant.
*
Dalip Tahil
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as Pradeep Mallik
*
Bharat Kapoor as Mr Mallik, Pradeep's brother.
*
Madhu Malhotra
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as Mrs Mallik
*
Vivek Vaswani
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Career
An alumnus of Campion School and Cathedral and John Connon, started off with acting in India's first TV soap opera 'Khandaan'. He then produced a Mara ...
as Kamal, Ashok's Secretary and Sunita's love interest.
*
Viju Khote
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as jairam, Marriage Mediator of Sunita and Pradeep.
*
Dinesh Hingoo
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as Chunilal, Servant
*
Ghanshyam Rohera
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as Tiktiani, Servant
*
Raj Kishore
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as Bansal's Office Employee
*
Deb Mukherjee
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as PT Trainer and father of Ashok Bansal. (guest role)
*
Kunika
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Also a singer, she has released three pop albums titled ''Lakhon Me ...
as Kamla, mother of Ashok Bansal. (guest role)
*
Joginder
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as Truck Driver who fights and Quarrels with Ashok. (guest role)
*
Rajesh Puri
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as Hero in the Movie (guest role)
*
Guddi Maruti
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Early life
Maruti was born to an actor-director father Marutirao Parab. Her real name is Tahira Parab and she was nicknamed Guddi. Manmohan Des ...
as Girl in the Movie (guest role)
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Rajesh Roshan, while the songs are written by Indeevar and Javed Akhtar. The film's song "Taare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe" as well as some continued melodies through the movie are sampled from the whistling tune used by
Roxette
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in their song "
Joyride". The original song from where the melody was borrowed was a Kenyan Song named Jambo Bwana by Kenyan band Them Mushrooms.
Production
The titular role was originally offered to
Amitabh Bachchan
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, but he declined.
References
External links
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1990s Hindi-language films
1993 films
Films directed by Rakesh Roshan
Films scored by Rajesh Roshan
Films about orphans