**Yash Raj Chopra** (Hindi: यश चोपड़ा, 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*. He is also the founder of **Yash Raj Films**.

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

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1988 | Uptron Awards | Best Director | Ravi Chopra | Won |  |
| Best Mythological Series | BR Studios | Nominated |  |
| Uptron Awards | Best Actor in a leading role | Pankaj Dheer | Won |  |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mukesh Khanna | Won |  |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nitish Bharadwaj | Nominated |  |
| Uptron Awards | Best Actress | Roopa Ganguly | Nominated |  |
| Uptron Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nazneen | Nominated |  |
| Uptron Awards | Other nominees | Puneet Issar; Gufi Paintal; Surendra Pal | Nominated |  |

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
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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
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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
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### Filmfare Awards

| Years | Category | Films | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1965 | Filmfare Best Director Award, | *Waqt* | Won |
| 1969, | *Ittefaq* | Won |
| 1973, | *Daag* | Won |
| 1975 | *Deewar* | Won |
| 1991 | Filmfare Best Movie Award | *Lamhe* | Won |
| 1995 | *Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge* | Won |
| 1997 | *Dil To Pagal Hai* | Won |
| 2004 | *Veer-Zaara* | Won |
| 2006 | Filmfare Power Award |  | Won |
| 2007 |  | Won |
| 2008 |  | Won |

### National Film Awards

| Years | Category | Films | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1990 | Best Popular Film | *Chandni* | Won |
| 1994 | *Darr'* | Won |
| 1996 | *Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'* | Won |
| 1998 | *Dil To Pagal Hai'* | Won |
| 2005 | *Veer-Zaara'* | Won |

Other websites
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* *Yash Chopra* on IMDb
* *Yash Chopra* at timesofindia.com
* *Yash Chopra* Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at ApunkaChoice.com