![Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012)[3] was an Indian film director and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema.[4] Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra (1961).
Encouraged by the success of both films, the Chopra brothers made several more movies together during the late fifties and sixties. Chopra rose to prominence after his commercially and critically successful drama, Waqt (1965), which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in Bollywood.](https://indianfilmhistory.com/admin_panel_new_dev/media1/files/1541750189461pflkkuyva8.jpeg "Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012)[3] was an Indian film director and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema.[4] Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra (1961).
Encouraged by the success of both films, the Chopra brothers made several more movies together during the late fifties and sixties. Chopra rose to prominence after his commercially and critically successful drama, Waqt (1965), which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in Bollywood.")
Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema. Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra (1961).
Chopra was born on 27 September 1932 in Lahore, British India, into a Punjabi Hindu family in British India (now Pakistan). His father was an accountant in the PWD division of the British Punjab administration. He was the youngest of eight children, the oldest of whom was almost 30 years his senior. The eminent film-maker BR Chopra is one of his brothers.
In 1970, Chopra married Pamela Singh and together they have two sons Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra, born in 1971 and 1973, respectively. Aditya is also a film director and producer and held the position of vice-chairman and general manager of Yash Raj Films, while Uday is an assistant director turned actor who made his acting debut in 2000 in his brother's film, Mohabbatein.
Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra (1961).
| # | Released Date | Type | Credited As | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Nov 2012 | Film | Director | Jab Tak Hai Jaan |
| 2 | 09 Sep 2011 | Film | Producer | Mere Brother Ki Dulhan |
| 3 | 07 May 2010 | Film | Producer | Badmaash Company |
| 4 | 12 Dec 2008 | Film | Producer | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi |
| 5 | 27 Jun 2008 | Film | Producer | Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic |
| 6 | 10 Aug 2007 | Film | Producer | Chak De India |
| 7 | 15 Jun 2007 | Film | Producer | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom |
| 8 | 15 Dec 2006 | Film | Producer | Kabul Express |
| 9 | 26 May 2006 | Film | ProducerDirector | Fanaa |
| 10 | 09 Dec 2005 | Film | Producer | Neal N Nikki |
