Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director, script writer 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...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth27 September 1932
CountryIndia
believe thinking lahore
I was in Lahore before the partition, so I don't believe that a border can truly separate Punjab. I still think of it as one.
thinking mumbai
Mumbai's infectious. Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don't think you can live anywhere else.
actual figures
We will know the actual figures only on Friday.
director taught
When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.
second
When I come to England, I feel as if I am in my second home.
best cinemas needs screen
A lot needs to be done. We need to get non-Indians to see our films. We need to screen them in the best cinemas worldwide.
best health hope remains shoot work zeal
He is in the best of health and is working to work wonderfully. His first day of shoot was done in my studio. He is wonderful. Hope he remains like this forever. He really had a lot of zeal when he resumed working.
brother college today
When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.
girl tired son
The reason for his seven-year hiatus in direction: My son Aditya made Mohabbatein (2000), which took a lot of time and energy. Then we started looking for a script for me to direct. Nothing seemed to excite us both. There's a complete bankruptcy of screenwriting in our cinema. I wanted a very earthy and Indian subject. I was tired of the promos on television. With semi-clad girls, they all looked the same. Of course Dhoom (2004) has them too. But I'd personally not make a film like that.
regret passion pride
Films have been my only passion in life. I have always been proud of making films and will continue taking pride in all my films. I have never made a movie I have not believed in. However, though I love all my films, one tends to get attached to films that do well. But I do not have any regrets about making films that did not really do well at the box office.
successful blessing needs
You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing.
humble home emotional
Though it's a film about cross-border love, there isn't a word of politics in it. Forget politics, there isn't slap, not even a raised voice in Veer-Zaara(2004). It's a very intense, humane and emotional story. Veer-Zaara (2004) is a humble tribute to my home in Punjab. It's my tribute to the one-ness of people on both sides of the border. Every religion preaches peace. Then why the bloodshed for the sake of religion? Why are we destroying each other?.
girl men film
What is the point of making the film if the man doesn't marry the girl?.
secret actors food-love
The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.