Yash Chopra

Yash Chopra was born to Vilayati Raj Chopra in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in a Punjabi family. He was the youngest of the eight children. Yash initially worked as an assistant to I. S. Johar, and then for his director-producer brother, B.R. Chopra. Baldev Raj gave him his first directorial opportunity in Dhool Ka Phool. Later he set up his own movie production company, Yash Raj Films. Dag (1973) was Yash s first movie under Yash Raj banner. His string of hits with Amitabh made him one of the golden directors who had a special working relationship with Amitabh Bachchan ( Ramesh Sippy , Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee being the other four). Yash and his wife, Pamela, have two sons: Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra. Aditya is a film director and manages most of Yash Raj Production House. Uday is an actor; (he received his first break in Aditya s Mohabbatein). Yash Chopra has innumerable awards and honours to his name, both national and international. Chopra was also honoured by the governme...

Yash Chopra was born to Vilayati Raj Chopra in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in a Punjabi family. He was the youngest of the eight children. Yash initially worked as an assistant to I. S. Johar, and then for his director-producer brother, B.R. Chopra. Baldev Raj gave him his first directorial opportunity in Dhool Ka Phool. Later he set up his own movie production company, Yash Raj Films. Dag (1973) was Yash s first movie under Yash Raj banner. His string of hits with Amitabh made him one of the golden directors who had a special working relationship with Amitabh Bachchan ( Ramesh Sippy , Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee being the other four). Yash and his wife, Pamela, have two sons: Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra. Aditya is a film director and manages most of Yash Raj Production House. Uday is an actor; (he received his first break in Aditya s Mohabbatein). Yash Chopra has innumerable awards and honours to his name, both national and international. Chopra was also honoured by the government of Switzerland for boosting the country s tourism. A large number of his larger than life films have been shot in the breath taking, picturesque locales of the European country. His banner Yash Raj Productions has churned the highest number of hits and is one of the most successful in India. Some of the films that Chopra has directed himself and that have gone to become classics include Waqt, Deewar, Kabhie Kabhie, Silsila, Trishul, Mashaal, Chandni, Lamhe, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Darr and Veer Zaara.

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