Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema.
29 Facts About Yash Chopra
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Yash Chopra is considered among the best Hindi filmmakers, particularly known and admired for his female based romantic films.
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Yash Chopra made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra.
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Yash Chopra's success continued in the seventies, with some of Indian cinema's most successful and iconic films, including the action-thriller Deewaar, which established Amitabh Bachchan as a leading actor in Bollywood; the ensemble musical romantic drama Kabhi Kabhie and the ensemble family drama Trishul.
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Yash Chopra collaborated with Sridevi in two of what has been considered to be his finest films; the romantic musical Chandni, which became instrumental in ending the era of violent films in Bollywood and rejuvenating the romantic musical genre, and the intergenerational musical romantic drama Lamhe, considered by critics and Yash Chopra himself to be his best work, but underperformed at the domestic box-office, although bringing major profits overseas.
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Yash Chopra directed three more romantic films, all starring Khan; Dil To Pagal Hai, Veer-Zaara and Jab Tak Hai Jaan, before announcing his retirement from direction in 2012.
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Yash Chopra died of dengue fever during Jab Tak Hai Jaans production in 2012.
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Yash Chopra is considered one of the all-time best directors in Bollywood industry.
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Yash Chopra was born on 27 September 1932 in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family.
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Yash Chopra's father was an accountant in the PWD division of the British Punjab administration.
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Yash Chopra was the youngest of eight children, the oldest of whom was almost 30 years his senior.
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Yash Chopra studied at Doaba College Jalandhar and originally sought to pursue a career in engineering.
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Yash Chopra later moved to Ludhiana, East Punjab after the Partition of India.
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Yash Chopra received his first Filmfare Award for Best Director for the film.
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In 1969, Yash Chopra directed two films produced by his brother.
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Yash Chopra directed Ittefaq, a mystery thriller film based on a Gujarati play, depicting the events of a single night, with Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in the lead roles.
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Yash Chopra's first independently-produced film, Daag: A Poem of Love, a melodrama about polygamy, starring Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore and Raakhee was a major critical and commercial success and Chopra won his third Filmfare Award for Best Director for the film.
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Yash Chopra won his fourth Filmfare Award for Best Director for Deewaar.
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Yash Chopra produced, directed and scripted 2 more films starring Bachchan.
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Yash Chopra suggested Javed Akhtar to become a lyricist, starting from this film.
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Chopra's lean phase ended in 1989 with the highly-successful romantic musical Chandni, a film with all the hallmarks of what has come to be known as the "Yash Chopra style": heroine-oriented, romantic, emotional, depicting the lifestyle of the elite, with melodious music used in songs picturized in foreign locations.
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Yash Chopra followed it with Lamhe, an intergenerational musical romantic drama starring frequent collaborators Sridevi and Anil Kapoor.
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In 1993, Yash Chopra directed the newcomer Shahrukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol in the musical psychological thriller Darr.
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In 1997, Yash Chopra directed, produced and co-wrote the 1997 musical romantic drama Dil To Pagal Hai, starring yet again Shahrukh Khan in a love quadrangle with Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar.
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Yash Chopra then took a sabbatical from directing and focused solely on producing films for over 7 years.
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In September 2012, in a special interview with actor Shahrukh Khan on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Yash Chopra announced that Jab Tak Hai Jaan would be his last directorial venture and that he would opt to focus on his production company and his personal life.
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Aditya Chopra is a film director and producer and holds the position of chairman and managing director of Yash Raj Films, while Uday is an assistant director turned actor who made his acting debut in 2000 in his brother's directorial, Mohabbatein.
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On 13 October 2012, Yash Chopra was diagnosed with dengue fever and was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai.
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The Chautha ceremony for Yash Chopra was held on 25 October 2012 at Yash Raj Films studio.