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{{Infobox film
| name = King Uncle
| image = King Uncle.jpg
| producer = Rakesh Roshan
| director = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| writer = Ravi Kapoor Mohan Kaul [[Anees Bazmee]] (dialogues)
| cinematography = Nadeem Khan
| editing = [[Sanjay Verma]]
| music = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]] [[Shah Rukh Khan]] [[Anu Aggarwal]] [[Nagma]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Sushmita Mukherjee]] [[Deven Verma]] [[Pooja Ruparel]]
| studio = Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd
| released = {{film date|df=y|1993|2|5}}
| runtime = 171 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}

'''''King Uncle''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Rakesh Roshan]]. The film stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Anu Aggarwal]], [[Nagma]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Sushmita Mukherjee]], Pooja Ruparel and [[Deven Verma]]. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' that starred [[Aileen Quinn]] and [[Albert Finney]], which in turn is based on the 1924 comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' by [[Harold Gray]]. The film was a moderate box office success and has since gained cult status, well-received by families and children. Both Shroff and Ruparel's performances received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/a-king-uncle-throwback-featuring-shah-rukh-khan-hrithik-roshan-jackie-shroff-and-2364022 | title=A King Uncle Throwback Featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Jackie Shroff and | access-date=16 June 2022 | archive-date=28 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528175416/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/a-king-uncle-throwback-featuring-shah-rukh-khan-hrithik-roshan-jackie-shroff-and-2364022 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Synopsis==
Ashok Bansal ([[Jackie Shroff]]) is a wealthy industrialist, inspired by the British 'stiff upper lip' syndrome. Ashok hates poor people and works hard to become rich because his mother abandoned him and his two siblings for a rich man when they were young. In the process of acquiring wealth, Ashok has become an unbearable disciplinarian and neglects his family consisting of his younger brother Anil ([[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]]) and sister Suneeta (Nivedita Saraf). Ashok gets Suneeta married to Pradeep ([[Dalip Tahil]]) although she is in love with someone else ([[Vivek Vaswani]]). Pradeep has an affair with another woman and abuses Suneeta frequently. Anil goes against his brother's highhanded ways, marries a poor girl Kavita ([[Nagma]]) and leaves the house.

Munna (Pooja Ruparel), a runaway orphan arrives at Ashok Bansal's house, initially creates havoc and eventually becomes the apple of his eye. When he takes her back to the orphanage she spills the beans about the warden's drunken behavior. Based on Munna's suggestions he frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home. He decides to adopt Munna and save her from the clutches of the warden and her criminal boyfriend (Paresh Rawal). Ashok mends fences with his brother, becomes a kind man with happy family, and adopts all the children from the orphange.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Ashok Bansal a.k.a. King Uncle
*[[Shahrukh Khan]] as Anil Bansal
*[[Nagma]] as Kavita
*[[Anu Aggarwal]] as Fenni Fernando
*[[Pooja Ruparel]] as Munna, Orphaned girl
*[[Vivek Vaswani]] as Kamal
*[[Nivedita Joshi]] as Suneeta Bansal
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Pratap
*[[Sushmita Mukherjee]] as Shanti, Orphanage Principal
*[[Deven Verma]] as Karim
*[[Dalip Tahil]] as Pradeep
*[[Bharat Kapoor]] as Mr. Mallik
*Madhu Malhotra as Mrs Mallik
*[[Viju Khote]] marriage counselor
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]]
*[[Raj Kishore]]
*[[Deb Mukherjee]] as Ashok's father
*[[Kunika]] as Ashok's mother
*[[Joginder]]
*[[Rajesh Puri]]
*[[Guddi Maruti]]
}}

==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]] in their song "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]". A similar song "Tera Shukriya", from the soundtrack of Shah Rukh Khan's earlier film ''[[Chamatkar]]'', not featured in the movie itself, also uses the melody. The original song from where the melody was borrowed was a Kenyan Song named Jambo Bwana by Kenyan band Them Mushrooms.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Akkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo"
| [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| [[Javed Akhtar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dil Maaane Jise Wohi Apna"
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
| [[Indeevar]]
|-
| 3
| "Fenny Ne Mujhe Bulaya"
| [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
| Javed Akhtar
|-
| 4
| "Hum Rahe Na Rahe Yahaan Par"
| [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| Indeevar
|-
| 5
| "Is Jahaan Ki Nahi Hain"
| [[Nitin Mukesh]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| Indeevar
|-
| 6
| "Khush Rehne Ko Zaroori"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], Nitin Mukesh, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam
| Indeevar
|-
| 7
| "Parody"
| Sudesh Bhosle, [[Sapna Mukherjee]]
| Javed Akhtar
|-
| 8
| "Taare Aasman Ke Dharti Pe"
| Sadhana Sargam
| Indeevar
|}

==Production==
The title role was originally offered to [[Amitabh Bachchan]] however he declined.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |date=2022-10-13 |title=Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice for King Uncle reveals Aashiqui girl Anu Aggarwal; calls it “a different kind of male lead role” : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-first-choice-king-uncle-reveals-aashiqui-girl-anu-aggarwal-calls-different-kind-male-lead-role/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0107321}}

{{Rakesh Roshan}}

[[Category:1993 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:1993 action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rakesh Roshan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajesh Roshan]]
[[Category:Films about orphans]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Films set in Shimla]]
[[Category:Films shot in Himachal Pradesh]]

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