Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Yash Chopra turns 78

Yash Chopra was born on the 27th September 1932 in Lahore, Pakistan. Yash Chopra is married to Pamela and has two sons, Aditya Chopra who is a director and Uday Chopra, an actor. The director turned 78 yesterday. Yash Chopra is one of the most leading directors in the film fraternity.

Yash Chopra turns 78
The director ruled highest during the 70’s when he teamed up with Amitabh Bachchan to deliver some commendable work with Deewar, Silsila and much later with Shahrukh Khan in Dil To Pagal Hai and Darr. Yash Chopra’s films have a good amount of love, brilliant and polished actors, catchy music and beautiful settings. Yash Chopra’s directorial debut was under his brother’s banner B.R Films in 1959 to 1969 with the 1959 film Dhool Ka Phool.

The other movies he made with his brother were Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969). All the movies were successful at the box office and earned lot of acclaim. In 1973 to 1979 Yash Chopra set up Yash Raj Films (YRF) and his first movie under his banner was Daag which was released in 1973. ‘Daag’ was basically an adaptation of Hardy’s Mayor of Casterbridge and featured Rajesh Khanna, Rakhee and Sharmila Tagore in the lead roles and the director even won the Filmfare Best director Award for the movie…

Yash Chopra’s directorial debut was under his brother’s banner B.R Films in 1959 to 1969 with the movie Dhool Ka Phool (1959). The other movies he made with his brother were Waqt (1965) and Ittefaq (1969). All the movies were successful. Yash Chopra has been honoured countless times by the film industry and outside too.

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