The Legendary Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Chopra was born 27 September 1932 to Vilayati Raj Chopra in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in a Hindu, Punjabi family. He was the youngest of the eight children. This Indian filmmaker,screenwriter, and producer of Bollywood movies in India is a creative mind par excellence. Waqt, Deewar, Lamhe, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai and Veer-Zaara are some of the highly successful movies which Yash Chopra made. He is also the founder of Yash Raj Films, India's largest film production company.

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.

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 beloved better half, ,Pamela have two sons: Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra. Aditya is a film director and manages most of Yash Rāj Production House. Uday is an actor; he received his first break in Aditya's Mohabbatein



Filmography

As Director

1. 1959 Dhool Ka Phool Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha & Ashok Kumar
2 1961 Dharma Putra Ashok KUmar, Maha Sinha & Rehman
3 1965 Waqt Raj Kumar, Sunil Dutt & Sadhana
4 1969 Aadmi aur Insan Dharmendra & Saira Banu
5 1969 Ittefaq Nanda & Rajesh Khanna
6 1973 Daag Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore & Rakhee
7 1975 Deewar Amitab Bachhan Parveen Babi & Sashi Kapoor
8 1976 Kabhi Kabhi Amitab Bachhan, Rakhee & Sashi Kapoor
9 1978 Trishul Amitab Bachhan, Rakhee & Sanjeev Kumar
10 1979 Kaala Pathar Amitab Bachhan, Rakhee & Sashi Kapoor
11 1982 Silsila Amitab Bachhan, Sashi Kapoor & Jaya Bachhan
12 1984 Mashaal Dilip Kumar, Anil Kumar & Rati Agnihotri
13 1985 Faasle Rekha, Sunil Dutt and Farah
14 1988 Vijay Anil Kaoor, Rishi Kapor and Meenakshi Seshadri
15 1989 Chandini Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor & Sridevi
16 1991 Lamhe Sridevi & Anil Kapoor
17 1992 Parampara Sunil Durr, Vinod Khanna & Amir Khan
18 1993 Darr Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla & Shahrukh Khan
19 1997 Dil To Pagal Hai Shahrukh Khan, Karishma Kapoor & Madhuri Dixit
20 2004 Veer Zaara Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee



Producer

* Daag (1973)
* Kabhi Kabhie(1976)
* Doosra Aadmi(1977)
* Noorie(1979)
* Kaala Pathar(1979)
* Silsila (1981)
* Nakhuda(1981)
* Sawaal (1982)
* Mashaal (1984)
* Faasle (1985)
* Vijay (1988)
* Chandni (1989)
* Lamhe (1991)
* Darr (1993)
* Aaina (1993)
* Yeh Dillagi (1994)
* Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
* Humko Ishq Ne Maara (Telefilm) (1997)
* Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
* Mohabbatein (2000)
* Mujhse Dosti Karoge!(2002)
* Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002)
* Saathiya (2002)
* Hum Tum (2004)
* Dhoom (2004)
* Veer-Zaara (2004)
* Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
* Salaam Namaste (2005)
* Neal N Nikki ((2005)
* Fanaa (2006)
* Dhoom 2(2006)
* Kabul Express (2006)
* Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)
* Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
* Chak De India (2007)
* Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)
* Aaja Nachle (2007)
* Tashan (2008)
* Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)
* Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
* Roadside Romeo (2008)
* Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
* Anurag Singh's Next (2009)
* New York (2009)