Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Chopra was a highly accomplished Indian filmmaker. The founder of film studio, Yash Raj Films - he was responsible for some of the most popular Bollywood films to come out of India in the past 40 years. Chopra won several prestigious awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Director, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan.

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Deewaar (1975)

Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Neetu Singh  •  Nirupa Roy

Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Neetu Singh  •  Nirupa Roy

Chandni (1989)

Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Vinod Khanna  •  Rishi Kapoor  •  Sridevi  •  Waheeda Rehman

Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Vinod Khanna  •  Rishi Kapoor  •  Sridevi  •  Waheeda Rehman

Darr (1993)

A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Juhi Chawla Mehta  •  Anupam Kher  •  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Sunny Deol

A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Juhi Chawla Mehta  •  Anupam Kher  •  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Sunny Deol

Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)

Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Madhuri Dixit  •  Karisma Kapoor  •  Akshay Kumar

Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Madhuri Dixit  •  Karisma Kapoor  •  Akshay Kumar

Kabhi Kabhie (1976)

A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Rishi Kapoor  •  Rakhee Gulzar

A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Rishi Kapoor  •  Rakhee Gulzar

Lamhe (1991)

Viren falls for Pallavi, but she marries Siddharth. The couple dies, leaving behind their daughter, who grows up to look just like her mother and falls in love with Viren.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Anil Kapoor  •  Sridevi  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Anupam Kher

Viren falls for Pallavi, but she marries Siddharth. The couple dies, leaving behind their daughter, who grows up to look just like her mother and falls in love with Viren.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Anil Kapoor  •  Sridevi  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Anupam Kher

Om Shanti Om (2007)

Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farah Khan
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Deepika Padukone  •  Arjun Rampal  •  Shreyas Talpade

Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farah Khan
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Deepika Padukone  •  Arjun Rampal  •  Shreyas Talpade

Silsila (1981)

Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Rekha

Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Rekha

Veer-Zaara (2004)

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Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian air force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Preity Zinta  •  Rani Mukerji  •  Amitabh Bachchan

Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian air force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Preity Zinta  •  Rani Mukerji  •  Amitabh Bachchan

Waqt (1965)

A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where father and sons stand opposed in the roles of accused, lawyer, and witness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Raaj Kumar  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Sharmila Tagore

A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where father and sons stand opposed in the roles of accused, lawyer, and witness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Raaj Kumar  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Sharmila Tagore

Kaala Patthar (1979)

Branded a coward for abandoning his ship full of 300 passengers, Captain Vijay Pal Singh takes up work in a distant coal mine, poorly equipped, with no sufficient medical supplies or proper facilities. When the miners and their families face a catastrophe, as water ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Rakhee Gulzar  •  Shatrughan Sinha  •  Shashi Kapoor

Branded a coward for abandoning his ship full of 300 passengers, Captain Vijay Pal Singh takes up work in a distant coal mine, poorly equipped, with no sufficient medical supplies or proper facilities. When the miners and their families face a catastrophe, as water ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Rakhee Gulzar  •  Shatrughan Sinha  •  Shashi Kapoor

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)

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A bomb disposal expert becomes bitter and lonely and is unable to fall in love until he is forced to deal with his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Katrina Kaif  •  Anushka Sharma  •  Anupam Kher

A bomb disposal expert becomes bitter and lonely and is unable to fall in love until he is forced to deal with his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Katrina Kaif  •  Anushka Sharma  •  Anupam Kher

Dharmputra (1961)

During the British rule in India, the families of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai in Delhi are so close that they virtually share the same house. Husn Bano, the daughter of the Nawab, has an affair with a young man named Hamid. When she gets pregnant, her lover ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Mala Sinha  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Rehman  •  Manmohan Krishna

During the British rule in India, the families of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai in Delhi are so close that they virtually share the same house. Husn Bano, the daughter of the Nawab, has an affair with a young man named Hamid. When she gets pregnant, her lover ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Mala Sinha  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Rehman  •  Manmohan Krishna

Joshila (1973)

Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Dev Anand  •  Hema Malini  •  Pran Sikand  •  Bindu Desai

Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Dev Anand  •  Hema Malini  •  Pran Sikand  •  Bindu Desai

Parampara (1993)

In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the victor. Years later, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Vinod Khanna  •  Aamir Khan  •  Saif Ali Khan

In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the victor. Years later, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Vinod Khanna  •  Aamir Khan  •  Saif Ali Khan

Trishul (1978)

Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom he gives up in order to marry a wealthy heiress. Raj does not know of this son, who grows up and after his mother's death comes to Delhi to take revenge on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Hema Malini

Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom he gives up in order to marry a wealthy heiress. Raj does not know of this son, who grows up and after his mother's death comes to Delhi to take revenge on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Hema Malini

Vijay (1988)

Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against each other. When Arjun and Vicky meet, they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Rajesh Khanna  •  Anil Kapoor  •  Hema Malini  •  Rishi Kapoor

Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against each other. When Arjun and Vicky meet, they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Rajesh Khanna  •  Anil Kapoor  •  Hema Malini  •  Rishi Kapoor

Mashaal (1984)

After being dismissed from his employment as a newspaper editor, for writing against S.K. Vardhan, a influential politician and underworld don, Vinod Kumar, re-locates to the slums of Bombay, and starts his own publication. He soon runs into problems with the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Anil Kapoor  •  Dilip Kumar  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Rati Agnihotri

After being dismissed from his employment as a newspaper editor, for writing against S.K. Vardhan, a influential politician and underworld don, Vinod Kumar, re-locates to the slums of Bombay, and starts his own publication. He soon runs into problems with the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Anil Kapoor  •  Dilip Kumar  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Rati Agnihotri

Faasle (1985)

Vijay and Chandni are in love. Her father does not approve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Rekha  •  Rohan Kapoor  •  Farha Naaz

Vijay and Chandni are in love. Her father does not approve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Rekha  •  Rohan Kapoor  •  Farha Naaz

Dhool Ka Phool (1959)

Dhool Ka Phool is a 1959 Indian Bollywood film. Produced by B. R. Chopra it was directed by BR's brother Yash Chopra, this being Yash's first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in BR's earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Mala Sinha, Rajendra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Mala Sinha  •  Rajendra Kumar  •  Nanda  •  Manmohan Krishna

Dhool Ka Phool is a 1959 Indian Bollywood film. Produced by B. R. Chopra it was directed by BR's brother Yash Chopra, this being Yash's first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in BR's earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Mala Sinha, Rajendra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Mala Sinha  •  Rajendra Kumar  •  Nanda  •  Manmohan Krishna
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