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yash raj chopra -lrb- ; -rrb- -lrb- 27 september 1932 -- 21 october 2012 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1961 -rrb- .
encouraged by the success of both films , the chopra brothers made several more movies together during the late fifties and sixties .
chopra rose to prominence after his commercially and critically successful drama , `` waqt '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- , which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in bollywood .
in 1973 , chopra founded his own production company , yash raj films , and launched it with '' '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , a successful melodrama about a polygamous man .
his success continued in the seventies , with some of indian cinema 's most successful and iconic films , including the action thriller `` deewar '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , which established amitabh bachchan as the leading actor in bollywood ; the romantic drama `` kabhie kabhie '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- and `` trishul '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- .
the period from late seventies to 1989 marked a professional setback in chopra 's career ; several films he produced or directed in that period failed to leave a mark at the indian box office , notably `` doosra aadmi '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , `` mashaal '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` faasle '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and vijay -lrb- 1988 -rrb- .
in 1989 , chopra directed the commercially and critically successful cult film `` chandni , '' which became instrumental in ending the era of violent films in bollywood and returning musicals .
chopra directed and produced the cult classic `` lamhe '' in 1991 .
considered by critics and chopra himself as his best work to date , the film became one of the biggest bollywood hits in the overseas market , although underperforming at the domestic box office .
in 1992 he directed `` parampara '' which was critically panned and was a box office failure .
chopra followed it with the box-office hit and trend setter `` darr '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- .
starring shahrukh khan , it was a sympathetic look at obsessive love and defied the image of the conventional hero .
- chopra directed three more romantic films , all starring khan ; `` dil to pagal hai '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` veer-zaara '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , and `` jab tak hai jaan '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , before he announced his retirement from directing in 2012 .
chopra founded and was chairman of the motion picture production and distribution company yash raj films , which ranks as india 's biggest production company as of 2006 , as well as yash raj studios .
chopra 's career has spanned more than five decades and 50 films ; he is considered one of the leading filmmakers in the history of hindi cinema .
he came to be known as the `` king of romance '' of the indian cinema .
chopra has won several film awards , including six national film awards and eleven filmfare awards , including four filmfare best director awards .
the government of india honoured him with the dadasaheb phalke award in 2001 and the padma bhushan in 2005 for his contributions towards indian cinema .
bafta presented him with a lifetime membership for his contribution to films , making him the first indian to receive the honour .
