The era of multi-starrer movies is very old in Bollywood. When there is a gathering of stars, one star or the other definitely brightens the fortunes of the film. But the movie we are talking about today could neither make the star shine nor the director who gave this status to the stars could make it a hit. There were not just one or two but 18 stars like Jackie Shroff, Shahrukh Khan, Nagma in this film. Despite that the film flopped miserably. The circumstances were such that Shahrukh Khan wanted to leave this movie even before it was made. But on the request of the director he changed his decision.
flopped movie
The name of the film we are talking about is King Uncle. This is a film of that time when Shahrukh Khan’s career was beginning to take off but star status was still a bit away. Jackie Shroff was the biggest star in this film. Anu Aggarwal was cast opposite him. Apart from this, there was also a pairing of Shahrukh Khan and Nagma. Paresh Rawal, Deven Verma, Sushmita Mukherjee and Pooja Ruparel also played important roles in the film. This film was directed by Rakesh Roshan. Who has directed movies like Koyla, Krish series and Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. But neither the charisma of the stars worked nor the direction of Rakesh Roshan could do wonders and the film flopped.
Shahrukh Khan did not want to do the film
There is another interesting fact related to this film. Shahrukh Khan had also expressed his desire to leave the film. According to IMDB trivia, the makers wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan in this film. But Amitabh Bachchan could not do the film due to some reasons. He suggested the name of Jackie Shroff. Shahrukh Khan was ready to do this film only because of Amitabh Bachchan. In his absence, Shahrukh Khan also expressed his desire to leave the film. But Rakesh Roshan did not agree. After which Shahrukh Khan remained in the film.
