King Uncle
| King Uncle किंग अंकल کنْگ انْکل | |
|---|---|
 Audio Cassette Cover | |
| Directed by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Produced by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Starring |
Jackie Shroff Shahrukh Khan Anu Agarwal Paresh Rawal Deven Verma Nagma |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
| Distributed by |
Venus Records & Tapes (audio) Baba Eros International (video) |
Release dates | 5 February 1993 |
Running time | 171 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
King Uncle (Hindi: किंग अंकल, Urdu: کنْگ انْکل) is a Hindi movie which was directed by Rakesh Roshan and released in India in 1993. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Shahrukh Khan, Anu Agarwal, Paresh Rawal, Pooja Ruparel, Deven Verma and Nagma in pivotal roles. The movie was inspired from the 1982 English movie Annie that starred Aileen Marie Quinn and Albert Finney, which in turn is based upon the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray.
Synopsis
Ashok Bansal (Jackie Shroff) is a strict industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip'. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to become rich. In the process of acquiring wealth, he neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil (Shahrukh Khan) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). He gets Suneeta married to a man who turns out to be a golddigger although she is in love with Ashok's manager (Vivek Vaswani). Anil goes against his brother’s highhanded ways and marries Kavita (Nagma), opting to leave the house. Munna (Pooja Ruparel), an orphan arrives at the house & tries to thaw the icy strict Ashok. She creates havoc in Ashok’s home while he tries to get her taken back by the orphanage. When orphanage warden calls to take her back, he lets her go. Realizing that he misses her, he decides to adopt her and mend fences with his own family. He frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home.
Cast
- Jackie Shroff as Ashok Bansal
- Shahrukh Khan as Anil Bansal
- Pooja Ruparel as Munna
- Nivedita Joshi as Suneeta Bansal
- Anu Agarwal as Fenni Fernando
- Paresh Rawal as Pratap
- Nagma as Kavita Bansal
- Deven Verma as Karim
- Sushmita Mukherjee as Shanti
- Dinesh Hingoo as Chunilal
- Dalip Tahil as Pradeep Mallik
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Akkad Bakkad Bombay Bo" | Sudesh Bhosle, Alka Yagnik |
| 2 | "Dil Mane Jise Wohi Apna" | Kumar Sanu |
| 3 | "Dil Mane Jise Wohi Apna" | Sudesh Bhosle, Asha Bhosle |
| 4 | "Hum Rahe Na Rahe Yahan Par" | Sadhana Sargam |
| 5 | "Is Jahan Ki Nahin Hain" | Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 6 | "Khush Rahne Ko Zaroori" | Vinod Rathod, Nitin Mukesh, Alka Yagnik |
| 7 | "Parody" | Sudesh Bhosle, Alka Yagnik |
| 8 | "Tare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe" | Sadhana Sargam |
Production
- The titular role was originally offered to Amitabh Bachchan, but he declined.
- The film is based on the American musical and film "Annie".
- The film's song "Tare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe" as well as some continued melodies through the movie are sampled from the whistling tune used by Roxette in their song "Joyride".