FILM DIRECTOR

B. R. Chopra

1914 - 2008

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Baldev Raj Chopra (22 April 1914 – 5 November 2008) was a prolific Indian director and producer noted for pioneering the Hindi film industry and television series. He's known for directing notable films, such as Afsana, Ek Hi Raasta, Naya Daur, Sadhna, Kanoon, Gumrah, Hamraaz, Dhund, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Insaf Ka Tarazu and Nikaah. He also produced hit films, including Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Ittefaq, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Chhoti Si Baat, The Burning Train, Aaj Ki Awaaz, Baghban and the TV series, Mahabharat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. R. Chopra has received more than 1,116,342 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). B. R. Chopra is the 1,683rd most popular film director (down from 1,624th in 2019), the 974th most popular biography from India (down from 887th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, B. R. Chopra ranks 1,683 out of 2,041. Before him are Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tariq Anwar, Craig Gillespie, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Kevin Lima, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. After him are K. Balachander, Julia Ducournau, Wang Xiaoshuai, Mark Romanek, Greg Nicotero, and Pamela Fryman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, B. R. Chopra ranks 405. Before him are Mack Robinson, John Kerr, Zachary Scott, Paul Russo, Reidar Kvammen, and Joan Marsh. After him are Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Tex Beneke, Frank Fenner, Josh White, Randall Jarrell, and Joe Rantz. Among people deceased in 2008, B. R. Chopra ranks 379. Before him are Chuck Daigh, Forrest J Ackerman, Hazel Court, Julie Ege, George MacDonald Fraser, and Tsvetanka Khristova. After him are El Kazovsky, Francis Pym, John Rutsey, Don LaFontaine, Earl Palmer, and Levi Stubbs.

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In India

Among people born in India, B. R. Chopra ranks 974 out of 1,861. Before him are Arbaaz Khan (1967), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Margaret Alva (1942), and Malaika Arora (1973). After him are K. Balachander (1930), Lakshmi (1952), Nita Ambani (1963), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Vikas Swarup (1961), and Aruna Roy (1946).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, B. R. Chopra ranks 27. Before him are Nasir Hussain (1931), Prakash Jha (1952), Mani Ratnam (1956), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), Tariq Anwar (1945), and Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922). After him are K. Balachander (1930), David Dhawan (1955), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Mehboob Khan (1907), Aditya Chopra (1971), and Farah Khan (1965).

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Filmography

Dhund
Director
Dhund is the story of a young woman Rani Ranjit Singh (Zeenat Aman), whose invalid husband Thakur Ranjit Singh (Danny Denzongpa) is murdered. The finger of suspicion points at the young widow and her lover Suresh Saxena (Sanjay Khan), but the killer is someone else.
Feb 13o 19736.4 / 10
Pati Patni Aur Woh
Director
Adam and Eve are banished to Earth to live as Ranjeet and Sharda. They live in harmony until Ranjeet carries out an affair with his beautiful secretary, and has to repent when his wife finds out.
Jul 7o 19786.8 / 10
Kanoon
Director
A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
Jan 8o 19606 / 10