| Yash Chopra | |
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Yash Chopra at Suzanne Roshan's The Charcoal Project Launch |
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| Born | September 27, 1932 Lahore, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Director, Filmmaker, Script writer, Producer |
| Years active | 1959 - present |
| Spouse | Pamela Chopra (1970 - present) |
| Children | Aditya Chopra Uday Chopra |
| Relatives | B.R. Chopra (Brother) Dharam Chopra (Brother) |
Yash Raj Chopra (Hindi: यश चोपड़ा, born 27 September 1932 in Lahore, British India) is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies. He is the founder of Yash Raj Films.
Chopra has won the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Movie four times each. The Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005.
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Yash initially worked as an assistant to I. S. Johar, and then for his director-producer brother, B.R. Chopra. Chopra gave him his first directorial opportunity in Dhool Ka Phool (1959). Later he set up his own movie production company, Yash Raj Films, under which Daag of 1973 was his first movie.
As of December 2011, Yash is currently directing an untitled romantic film starring Shahrukh Khan,Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.[1]
Yash and his wife, Pamela, have two sons Aditya and Uday. Aditya is also a film director and manages most of Yash Raj Production House. Uday is an assistant director turned actor; he received his first acting break in Aditya's Mohabbatein.
In addition to France's highest civilian honour, Legion of Honour,[2] he is the first Indian to be honored at BAFTA in 59-year history of the academy.[3]
Other honors:
Handpicked by the British Film Institute for a book written by Rachel Dwyer in their ‘World Directors Series’. This book showcases the glorious five-decade career of Yash Chopra.[4]
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