'''Yash Chopra (b. 1932)'''


Hindi director and producer born in Jullundur, Punjab. Started as assistant to elder brother [[B.R. Chopra]] and then made several films for his company. Became independent producer with [[Daag]], working mostly with distributor Gulshan Rai. His B.R. Films are low-budget genre movies (e.g. suspense thrillers: [[Waqt]], [[Ittefaq]]) but his own productions are plushy, soft-focus upper-class love stories ([[Kabhi Kabhie]]), battles over family honour (embodied by the mother: [[Deewar]], [[Trishul]]) and the conflict between the laws of kinship and those of the State. [[Amitabh Bachchan]] made some of his best-known films with Chopra. In the 90s, he adapted his style to the image of [[Shah Rukh Khan]] for the hit [[Darr]]. Produced his son Aditya’s megahit [[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]] (1995) and directed the 1997 success Dil To Pagal Hai, upgrading his trademark love story into a theme featuring teen aerobics.


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1959: Dhool Ka Phool; 1961: Dharmaputra; 1965: Waqt; 1969: Admi Aur Insaan; Ittefaq; 1973: Daag; Joshila; 1975: Deewar; 1976: Kabhi Kabhie; 1978: Trishul; 1979: Kala Pathar; 1981: Silsila; 1984: Mashaal; 1985: Faasle; 1988: Vijay; 1989: Chandni; 1991: Lamhe; 1992: Parampara; 1993: Darr.

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