death_date death_place religion birth_place othername nationality ethnicity relatives name birth_date yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
5 november 2008 mumbai , maharashtra , india hinduism ludhiana in punjab , india -rrb- , punjab province , british india -lrb- now b. r. chopra indian punjabi see chopra-johar family baldev raj chopra 22 april 1914 1944 -- 2006 b.r.chopra.jpg baldev raj chopra
 baldev raj chopra producer , director
baldev raj chopra

baldev raj chopra -lrb- b. r. chopra -rrb- -lrb- 22 april 1914 -- 5 november 2008 -rrb- was an indian director and producer of bollywood movies and television serials .
best known for making hindi films like `` naya daur '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- , `` sadhna '' -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , `` kanoon '' -lrb- 1961 -rrb- , `` gumrah '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- and `` humraaz '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- and the tv series , `` mahabharat '' in the late 1980s , he was awarded the dadasaheb phalke award in 1998 .
his younger brother yash chopra , son ravi chopra and nephew aditya chopra are also directors in the bollywood industry .
his nephew uday chopra is an actor and producer .
