Yash Chopra

Birthday: September 27th, 1932 Date of Death: October 21st, 2012 Place of Birth: Lahore, British India

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Yash Raj Chopra ( born 27 September 1932 in Lahore, British India) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies. He is the founder of Yash Raj Films.

Chopra has won the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Movie four times each. The Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

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