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{{Infobox film
| name = David Uncle
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Guna
| producer = L. Vasu<br />K. Rajpreeth
| writer = Guna<br />Navalar <small>(dialogues)</small>
| starring = {{ubl|[[Anandaraj]]|Siva|[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]]|[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]|[[Sridevi Vijaykumar]]}}
| music = [[Adithyan]]
| cinematography = K. Rajpreeth
| editing = M. N. Raja
| distributor =
| studio = Aarthi International
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1992|09|25}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''David Uncle''''' is a 1992 [[Tamil language]] [[comedy drama]] film directed Guna. The film stars [[Anandaraj]], Siva, [[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]], [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] and [[Sridevi Vijaykumar]]. The film, produced by L. Vasu and K. Rajpreeth, had musical score by [[Adithyan]] and was released on 25 September 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/david-uncle/|title=David Uncle (1992) Tamil Movie|accessdate=2014-03-17|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=david%20uncle |title=filmography of david uncle |accessdate=2014-03-17 |publisher=cinesouth.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029135813/http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=david%20uncle |archivedate=29 October 2006 }}</ref>

==Plot==

The story begins with the minister Deivanayagam (R. P. Viswam) and his son who debated. Deivanayagam's son came with his wife Malathi ([[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]) and new-born daughter Devi, he believed that his father changed. On the other hand, Deivanayagam wanted his son back, leaving his wife and daughter but his son refused. Meanwhile, Deivanayagam's assistant Arumugam (K. Rajpreeth) killed Deivanayagam in front of his son and Arumugam put the blame on him. Deivanayagam's son was arrested and then the new-born daughter was handed over to a beggar by Arumugam.

A few years later, Arumugam becomes a corrupt minister. He has a daughter Selvi ([[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]]) who is in love with the poor man Raja (Siva). Regarding Malathi, she takes up a job as a teacher while Devi ([[Sridevi Vijaykumar]]), who was forced to beg, is saved by the pickpocket David ([[Anandaraj]]). In the past, the same Arumugam killed David's father Anthony ([[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]) and mother, he was separated from his sister Mary. Later, David becomes a good man and works hard to feed Devi. Finally, Malathi finds her daughter Devi and David finds his sister Mary who is in fact Selvi. Arumugam is determined to separate Raja and Selvi. David rescues the young lovers against the heartless Arumugam.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Anandaraj]] as David
*Siva as Raja
*[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]] as Selvi / Mary
*[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] as Malathi
*[[Sridevi Vijaykumar]] as Devi
*[[Goundamani]] as Gounder
*[[Senthil]] as Panniraj
*K. Rajpreeth as Arumugam
*R. P. Viswam as Deivanayagam
*[[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as Raghupathi
*[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Anthony, David's father
*[[Silk Smitha]] as Singari
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Selvi's mother
*[[Kamala Kamesh]]
*[[Shanmugasundari]] as Malathi's mother
*[[Kumarimuthu]]
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
*[[Karuppu Subbiah]]
*Gundu Kalyanam as Nagarajan
*[[LIC Narasimhan]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album|
| name = David Uncle
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Adithyan]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = 1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 27:18
| label =
| producer = Adithyan
| prev_title = [[Naalaya Seidhi]]
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = [[Seevalaperi Pandi]]
| next_year = 1994
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Adithyan]]. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Piraisoodan]], Kalidasan and Kadhal Mathi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0003416|title=David Uncle Songs|accessdate=2014-03-17|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Azhage Poovil Seithano" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || Kalidasan || 5:16
|-
|2 || "Devan Sabaiyinil" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Minmini]] || Piraisoodan || 4:45
|-
|3 || "Neeyum Thirudan" || [[Adithyan]] || Kalidasan || 3:59
|-
|4 || "Thattungadi" || [[S. P. Sailaja]] || Piraisoodan || 4:38
|-
|5 || "Thottutta" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Swarnalatha]] || Kadhal Mathi || 4:15
|-
|6 || "Vayya Soodu Yerudhu"|| [[Malgudi Subha]] || Piraisoodan || 4:25
|}

==Reception==
Malini Mannath of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' described the film as "grounded inaction".<ref>{{cite news|first=Malini|last=Mannath|title=Grounded inaction|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1992-09-25|access-date=2014-03-17|pages=7|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920925&printsec=frontpage}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]

David Uncle - Revision history

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