Entertainment News Desk – Yash Chopra…this is the name, which not only spread the country’s culture across the world through films, but also gave a new definition to romance. If today Shahrukh Khan is called the ‘King of Romance’, it is only because of Yash Chopra. Related News: In the true sense, he was the King of Romance, who gave a new look to love and romance on the silver screen. Yash Chopra was a person who not only made films but also defined their genre. He played an important role in taking Hindi cinema to new heights. The 11th death anniversary of veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra, who ruled Hindi cinema as a director for five decades, is being celebrated. Yash Chopra was very famous as the magician of romance of Bollywood.
Going to London to do engineering
Yash Chopra was born on 27 September 1932 in Lahore. He studied in Lahore. In 1945, his family settled in Ludhiana, Punjab. Yash Chopra once wanted to become an engineer. He was also going to go to London to study engineering, but his destiny was written somewhere else. He came to Bombay with the dream of making a career in films.
Directed first film in 1959
Yash Chopra started his career as an assistant director with his elder brother BR Chopra and IS Johar. In the year 1959, he directed his first film ‘Dhool Ka Phool’. After several successful films, he established his own production company Yash Raj Films in 1973.
Made many stars superstars
Yash Chopra gave stardom status to many stars through his films. In the year 1975, he created the image of ‘Angry Young Man’ for megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the film ‘Deewar. The five films ‘Deewar’ (1975), ‘Kabhi Kabhi (1976), ‘Trishul’ (1978), ‘Kala Patthar’ (1979), ‘Silsila’ (1981) with Amitabh in the lead role are the best films of Yash Chopra. . As a director, Yash Chopra made blockbuster films like ‘Darr’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ and ‘Veer Zaara’ with Bollywood king Shahrukh Khan. Yash Chopra’s last film with Shahrukh was ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’.
magician of romantic movies
Yash Chopra was called the magician of romantic films. His last film ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ was also a romantic film. On the occasion of his 80th birthday in 2012, he said that this is his last film and now he wants to retire and give time to his family. Yash Chopra retired but could not give time to his family. He died on 21 October 2012 due to dengue.
Yash Chopra’s family
His wife’s name is Pamela Chopra. Yash and Pamela have two sons, Aditya and Uday. Elder son Aditya is also a director. He married actress Rani Mukherjee in the year 2014. His younger son Uday Chopra is a Bollywood actor. These days, apart from acting, he is also trying his luck in film production.
He has received many awards
In 2001, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest cinema award. He received the Padma Bhushan award in 2005. Yash Chopra liked Switzerland the most for shooting films. He was also honored with an award in Switzerland in October 2010. There is also a road and a train named after him in Switzerland.
There was already a hint about the last film
Yash Chopra’s last film as a director was ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ released in 2012. Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma played important roles in this film. The situation became such that ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ was successful at the box office. The interesting story related to this film is that Yash had already realized that this film was going to be his last film. About a month before the release of this film, in an interview given to Shahrukh Khan, he had informed – “Jab Tak Hai Jaan will be my last film and after this I will stop making films as a director.” The shocking thing was that 20 days before the release of this film, i.e. on 21 October 2012, Yash Chopra said goodbye to this world.
Yash Chopra died due to dengue
On 13 October 2012, Chopra was diagnosed with dengue fever and admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai. Yash Chopra died on 21 October 2012 at 5:30 pm at the age of 80 after multiple organ failure due to dengue fever.
