YASH CHOPRA - 1932-2012 Riding on the emotion of films such as Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe and Darr, it would be tempting to call Yash Chopra, 80, who died on Sunday, the king of romance. But he was much more than that
Riding on the emotion of films such as Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe and Darr, it would be tempting to call Yash Chopra, 80, who died on Sunday, the king of romance. But he was much more than that. Chopra might have introduced Hindi film audiences to feel-good love atop snow-capped Swiss mountains but he was no prisoner of the image.
Back in the 1950s when he started off as a filmmaker, he gave us Dhool ka Phool, a fine take on the life of an illegitimate Hindu child brought up by a Muslim man. He then came up with Dharmputra, which talked of Partition and got a volatile reception at the box office.
Just a little later, in 1965, he gave Hindi cinema its biggest multi-starrer, Waqt, with the likes of Sunil Dutt, Raj Kumar, Sadhna, Sharmila Tagore, Shashi Kapoor and Balraj Sahni sharing the same screen.
But his best work came in Deewar, the 1975 film that not only portrayed an iconic tale of two brothers going their divergent ways but strengthened Amitabh Bachchan’s angry young man film persona. Something which was to set the screen ablaze a little later in Kala Pathhar, a film focused on the plight of coal workers.
The decade of the 1980s was almost a forgotten one for Chopra as films like Mashaal, where he directed Dilip Kumar, Faasle and the rest came and went causing barely a ripple at the box office. However, Chopra saved a forgettable decade with the hit Chandni and welcomed the next decade with Lamhe, rated by many as his best film. With shades of incest, Lamhe caused more than a flutter and remained the talk of the town till the time Chopra introduced Shah Rukh to film audiences as an anti-hero with Darr.
Never shy of taking risks, Chopra became a little more choosy over the past few years, limiting himself to one film over half a decade or so.
In the fitness of things, he had just wrapped up Jab Tak Hai Jaan, starring his favourite Shah Rukh. Interestingly, he was no granddad just lazying around in the sunset; he made his production house, Yash Raj Films, the biggest in Bollywood happily, handing the directorial reins to youngsters like Manish Sharma, Kabir Khan and Shaad Ali, besides his own son Aditya Chopra.
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great loss for Indian film industry
We lost another great Legend and the hindi cine-lovers will miss him forever ..., May his soul rest in peace!!!
Oh..please. Don't make Demi God out of these film personalities. They are in business and
we all know. We should stop worshipping humans and make icons from everything. I am
sorry but there are bigger things should happen in this country than these movies.
It's really a heartbreaking news for the cine-world that such a
genuine, sensitive and innocent soul became the permanent inhabitant of
the heaven, leaving his perennial thoughts with us in the form of
monumental movies- Silsila, Kala Pathar, Mashal and so on. I wish his
soul may rest in peace.
Man of all seasons.Took bollywood films to new terrains. Themes and trends inroduced by him is still seen in Hindi films.Tribute to a legend in making.
Death as a consequence of Dengue in Unhygienic Amazing India in 21st century !!!??.
The fastest growing millionaries and billionaries , master politicians, super
intelectuals of INDIA will not be immune against these simple diseases which have
been eradicated in most parts of developed world.
TOTALLY AVOIDABLE Water borne diseases killing MILLIONS OF INNOCIENT CHILDREN
IT IS HIGH TIME, SIMPLE MEASURES OF PUBLIC HYGIENE ARE UNDERTAKEN TO
ELIMANATE THE BRREDING GROUNDS.
OTHERWISE YOU WILL SEE DEATH OF MANY INDIANS IN THIS ridiculous WAY FROM
TOTALY AVOIDABLE DISEASES IN THIS AGE OF ....
THE SCIENTISTS , JOURNALISTS, PHYSICIANS, THE MOST HONEST INDIAN POLITICIANS,
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL Millionare, BILLIONARE BUSSINESSMEN , ALL INDIAN LAWYERS
AND JUDGES OF HIGHEST INTEGRITY should take a note of their enviornment and just
not their home interiors to avoid death in this manner
Very sad news. Thank you Yashji for giving us film like Veer Zaara.
A very sad news . Big loss to Indian cinema. Some of the news channels
and/or other news papers mentioned Dengue as cause of his death. If a
person of this stature can have dengue then what about common man .Mr PM
& Mr president both conveyed their condolences to bereaved. I am
wondering if both know the actual cause of shri Yash Chopra's death and
if they know then what was their reaction to it.
We miss u YASH JI.
Yashji will live in the hearts of millions of movie lovers across the
globe. May his soul rest in peace. He was a king of romance. His movies
and music from his films will be forever alive. Veer Zaara, Deewar,
Kabhi Kabhie, Lamhe, Dhool ka phool.....RIP Yash ji....Million thanks
for giving us such beautiful films. Your legacy will live on. My salutes
to your life.
really very SAD news for INDIA,,, as one of the main pillar of indian
cinema fell down......
The greatest, and the best. I have not seen any film directed by Guru
Dutt, Bimal Roy, and other luminiaries. I saw Pyaasa, as a child, and
found it boring.
rest in peace Sir!!!
Yash Chopra ji made a mark as an excellent film maker. Indian film
industry & movie lovers will truly miss him. May his soul rest in peace.
RIP Yash Chopra.
By the way..."...had said on his birthday last month that his upcoming film Jab Tak Hai Jaan would he his last movie as a director."
Do you see the typo in this sentence. Shame on The Hindu for not even bothering to fix typos. It may be a small thing for a school kid but it should unacceptable in
journalism.
sad!...can't believe Yash Ji is no more! :(
a great loss.
Can't believe we have lost the diamond of Bollywood industry....
very very shocking,a central pillar of bollywood has fallen,nobody is here to fil the vaccum so created,he knew the pulse and taste of fine indian cinegoers
I am shocked and heart broken. India lost another great son.
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