Yash Johar was an Indian film producer and the founder of Dharma Productions.
14 Facts About Yash Johar
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Yash Johar's films featured lavish sets, were often set in "exotic" locations, and incorporated Indian traditions and family values.
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Yash Johar is the father of Karan Johar, now a noted filmmaker himself.
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Yash Johar died on 26 June 2004 in Mumbai, aged 74, of a chest infection, though he had been fighting cancer.
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Yash Johar began his career as a publicist and still photographer in the early 1950s, working on the film Baadal.
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Yash Johar worked for Sashadhar Mukherjee's production company Filmistan as a production executive on the film Love in Simla.
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Yash Johar was a production controller for films like Mujhe Jeene Do and Yeh Raaste Hai Pyaar Ke.
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Yash Johar helped filmmaker Dev Anand handle the production of his 1965 film Guide, which was successful at the box office.
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Yash Johar continued with Dev Anand's Navketan Films and handled production of films like Jewel Thief, Prem Pujari and Hare Rama Hare Krishna.
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Yash Johar produced a handful of other films in the 1980s and early 1990s, most notably Duniya, Agneepath, Gumrah and Duplicate.
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Yash Johar was an associate producer on the 1994 Hollywood film The Jungle Book.
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Yash Johar found unprecedented success with the 1998 award-winning film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, the directorial debut of his son Karan Johar.
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Yash Johar was involved in the production and distribution company Dreamz Unlimited founded in 1999 by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Aziz Mirza.
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Yash Johar helped set up the company as well as handling the production process of their first film, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.