Yash Chopra

Director · 1932–2012 · Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab, India

Biography

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.

Directed 22

2010s

2012
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Director
74

2000s

2004
Veer-Zaara
Director
79

1990s

1997
Dil To Pagal Hai
Director
73
1993
Darr
Director
74
Parampara
Director
1991
Lamhe
Director
71

1980s

1970s

1979
Kaala Patthar
Director
76
1978
Trishul
Director
1976
Kabhi Kabhie
Director
69
1975
Deewaar
Director
78
1973
Joshila
Director
Daag
Director

1960s

1969
Ittefaq
Director
Aadmi Aur Insaan
Director
1965
Waqt
Director
74
1961
Dharmputra
Director

1950s

1959
Dhool Ka Phool
Director

Produced 27

2010s

2000s

1990s

1997
Dil To Pagal Hai
Producer
73
1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Producer
86
1993
Darr
Producer
74
1991
Lamhe
Producer
71

1980s

1970s

Wrote 2

1990s

1997
Dil To Pagal Hai
Screenplay
73

1980s

1981
Silsila
Writer
68

Acted in 1

2020s

2024
Angry Young Men
Archival Footage · 1 episode

Appearances6

2020s

2023
The Romantics
Self (archive footage) · 4 episodes
74

2010s

2012
Celluloid Man
Self

2000s

2007
Om Shanti Om
Self
72
Cinema Asia: India
Self
2004
Veer-Zaara
Self - Narrator (voice)
79

1980s

1988
Akarshan
Self