Yash Chopra was born on 27 September, 1932 in Lahore (British India).
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He was passionate about filmmaking from a young age and assisted I S Johar and B R Chopra, his elder brother, before setting up his own production house.
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His first directorial venture is the 1959 social drama ‘Dhool Ka Phool.’
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His 1961 hit ‘Dharmaputra’ bagged the National award for Best Feature Film.
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The 1965 blockbuster hit ‘Waqt’ is considered to be Chopra’s breakthrough movie. This multi-starrer brought the concept of ‘bichde hue’ siblings to Bollywood.
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In 1971, Chopra founded his own company ‘Yash Raj Films’, thus terminating the collaboration between him and his brother BR Chopra.
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Chopra made many successful cult classics like ‘Dewaar’ and ‘Trishul’ that gave Amitabh Bachchan his most famous moniker ‘the angry young man’.
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Although Chopra started off with social drama and revenge sagas, he is widely known for being the undisputed king of romance.
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He directed Bollywood’s epic romances ‘Kabhi Kabhi’ and ‘Silsila’.
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Yash has two sons with wife Pamela- Aditya, who is also a director, and Uday, who is an actor.
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A typical Yash Raj heroine wears sexy chiffon saris, has her hair flowing in the wind, as she dances around trees in exotic places.
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He was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001.
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He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2005.
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Some of his famous movies include- 'Chandni', 'Lamhe', 'Darr', 'Dil Toh Paagal hai' and so on.
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He is said to have been a huge fan of the movies ‘Mother India’ and ‘Sangam’.
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His last movie as a director is the SRK starrer ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ that is releasing on 13 November, 2012.
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He had announced his retirement from directing movies earlier this year.
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The ‘king of romance’ loved Kashmir and Switzerland and most of his movies are shot there.
