Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Chopra (, 27 September 1932 – 21 October, 2012) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Some of his successful movies are : Waqt , Deewaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara.Veer-Zaara yashrajfilms.com He is also the founder of Yash Raj Films.

BR Chopra Mahabharat Awards
The Mahabharat (1988 TV series) was nominated and won the Uptron Awards 1988 in many categories

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult1988 Uptron Awards Best DirectorRavi ChopraBest Mythological SeriesBR StudiosUptron AwardsBest Actor in a leading rolePankaj DheerBest Supporting ActorMukesh KhannaBest Supporting ActorNitish BharadwajUptron AwardsBest ActressRoopa GangulyUptron AwardsBest Supporting ActressNazneenUptron AwardsOther nomineesPuneet Issar; Gufi Paintal; Surendra Pal
The other nominees included the other supporting cast of the show such as Shakuni, Drona etc who were praised for their work in the Award ceremony.

About
Yash Chopra is undoubtedly India's most successful filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he has been associated with almost 35 films, most of which have created box-office history.

He started out as an assistant to his brother and went on to direct 5 very successful films for his brother’s banner - B.R.Films. These were Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Dharmputra (1961), Waqt (1965), Ittefaq (1969) & Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969). He has wielded the baton, additionally, for 4 films made by other film companies - Joshila (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978) & Parampara (1993). But his greatest repertoire of work has been around 30 films made under the auspices of his own company, YASH RAJ FILMS. Out of these, he has directed 12 films himself, while the others have been directed by younger directors – under his supervision and administrative acumen as one of India’s greatest producers.

Career
Yash worked as an assistant for I. S. Chopra and later he was working for his brother, who was also in the movie industry, Baldev R. Chopra. Baldev provided Yash an opportunity to direct his first movie which was named as Dhool Ka Phool and was released in 1959. Yash later set up his own company under the name Yash Raj Films and the first movie to be released under this company was Daag in 1973.

Yash has produced more than 45 movies and has directed more than 20 movies, thus making him one of the most successful filmmaker/producer in India.

Awards
Filmfare Awards
 Years  Category  Films  Results 1965 Filmfare Best Director Award,  Waqt   1969,  Ittefaq   1973,  Daag   1975  Deewar   1991 Filmfare Best Movie Award Lamhe   1995  Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge   1997 Dil To Pagal Hai   2004 Veer-Zaara   2006 Filmfare Power Award    2007    2008   
National Film Awards
 Years  Category  Films  Results 1990 Best Popular Film  Chandni   1994  Darr || 
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| 1996 || ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge || 
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| 1998  || Dil To Pagal Hai' || 
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| 2005 || Veer-Zaara'''  

References

Other websites

Yash Chopra at timesofindia.com
Yash Chopra  at ApunkaChoice.com

Category:Indian movie directors
Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure
Category:1932 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:Filmfare Awards winners