Yash Chopra

Directing

Yash Chopra

Born September 27, 1932 · Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab, India

Died October 21, 2012 · aged 80

Yash Raj Chopra was a highly accomplished Indian filmmaker. The founder of film studio, Yash Raj Films - he was responsible for some of the most popular Bollywood films to come out of India in the past 40 years. Chopra won several prestigious awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Director, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan.

Known For

Dilwale Dulhania Le JayengeDilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge · 1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
8.51995
MovieComedyDrama
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Veer-ZaaraVeer-Zaara · 2004
Veer-Zaara
7.52004
MovieDramaRomance
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
MohabbateinMohabbatein · 2000
Mohabbatein
7.12000
MovieDramaRomance
At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.
Rab Ne Bana Di JodiRab Ne Bana Di Jodi · 2008
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
7.12008
MovieComedyDrama
A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.
Dil To Pagal HaiDil To Pagal Hai · 1997
Dil To Pagal Hai
6.91997
MovieDramaRomance
Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.
Dhoom 2Dhoom 2 · 2006
Dhoom 2
6.62006
MovieDramaAction
Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.
Mujhse Dosti Karoge!Mujhse Dosti Karoge! · 2002
Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
6.22002
MovieRomanceComedy
A man falls in love with his childhood friend, but another friend is the one who reciprocates his feelings.
Jab Tak Hai JaanJab Tak Hai Jaan · 2012
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
7.02012
MovieDramaRomance
Samar Anand, a London-based struggling musician falls in love with Meera Thappar. After a severe accident, a panicked Meera promises God to leave Samar if he lives. Heartbroken, Samar leaves for India to become a fearless bomb disposal expert in the army.

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ParamparaParampara · 1993
Parampara
6.21993
MovieActionDrama
In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the victor. Years later, Bhavani's son, Prithvi, returns from London, meets Shankar's son, Gora and daughter, Tara, befriends them, and eventually both Tara and Prithvi fall in love with each other. When Bhavani finds this out, he wants Prithvi to marry Rajeshwari, who comes from a rich family, and will destroy Gora Shankar and his tribe of gypsies. Unable to make up his mind, Prithvi ends up marrying both women, leading to Tara giving birth to a son, Pratap. Bhavani is enraged when he this out, he has Tara and a lot of their people slain, and their homes torched. Gora himself is arrested by the police, and sentenced to several years in prison...

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