Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Chopra (Hindi: यश चोपड़ा, 27 September 1932 – 21 October, 2012) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Some of his successful movies are : Waqt , Deewaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara.^[2] He is also the founder of Yash Raj Films.

Yash Chopra[1]
Born	(1932-09-27)27 September 1932 Lahore, British India
Died	21 October 2012(2012-10-21) (aged 80) Mumbai, India
Cause of death	Multiple Organ Failure
Spouse	Pamela
Children	Two sons :- Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra

BR Chopra Mahabharat Awards

The Mahabharat (1988 TV series) was nominated and won the Uptron Awards 1988 in many categories

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1988	Uptron Awards	Best Director	Ravi Chopra	Won
		Best Mythological Series	BR Studios	Nominated
	Uptron Awards	Best Actor in a leading role	Pankaj Dheer	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Mukesh Khanna	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Nitish Bharadwaj	Nominated
	Uptron Awards	Best Actress	Roopa Ganguly	Nominated
	Uptron Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nazneen	Nominated
	Uptron Awards	Other nominees	Puneet Issar; Gufi Paintal; Surendra Pal	Nominated

The other nominees included the other supporting cast of the show such as Shakuni, Drona etc who were praised for their work in the Award ceremony.

About

Yash Chopra is undoubtedly India's most successful filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he has been associated with almost 35 films, most of which have created box-office history.

He started out as an assistant to his brother and went on to direct 5 very successful films for his brother’s banner - B.R.Films. These were Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Dharmputra (1961), Waqt (1965), Ittefaq (1969) & Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969). He has wielded the baton, additionally, for 4 films made by other film companies - Joshila (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978) & Parampara (1993). But his greatest repertoire of work has been around 30 films made under the auspices of his own company, YASH RAJ FILMS. Out of these, he has directed 12 films himself, while the others have been directed by younger directors – under his supervision and administrative acumen as one of India’s greatest producers.

Career

Yash worked as an assistant for I. S. Chopra and later he was working for his brother, who was also in the movie industry, Baldev R. Chopra. Baldev provided Yash an opportunity to direct his first movie which was named as Dhool Ka Phool and was released in 1959. Yash later set up his own company under the name Yash Raj Films and the first movie to be released under this company was Daag in 1973.

Yash has produced more than 45 movies and has directed more than 20 movies, thus making him one of the most successful filmmaker/producer in India.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Years	Category	Films	Results
1965	Filmfare Best Director Award,	Waqt	Won
1969,		Ittefaq	Won
1973,		Daag	Won
1975		Deewar	Won
1991	Filmfare Best Movie Award	Lamhe	Won
1995		Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Won
1997		Dil To Pagal Hai	Won
2004		Veer-Zaara	Won
2006	Filmfare Power Award		Won
2007			Won
2008			Won

National Film Awards

Years	Category	Films	Results
1990	Best Popular Film	Chandni	Won
1994		Darr'	Won
1996		Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'	Won
1998		Dil To Pagal Hai'	Won
2005		Veer-Zaara'	Won