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FILM DIRECTOR

Yash Chopra

1932 - 2012

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Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of several awards, including 6 National Film Awards and 8 Filmfare Awards. He is considered among the best Hindi filmmakers, particularly known and admired for his romantic films with strong female leads. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yash Chopra has received more than 5,785,583 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Yash Chopra is the 856th most popular film director (down from 710th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Film Director.

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  • 39

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  • 1.56

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yash Chopra ranks 856 out of 1,581. Before him are Paul Morrissey, Dorothy Arzner, Raymond Bernard, Christian Petzold, Ferzan Özpetek, and Robert Towne. After him are Tran Anh Hung, Bob Rafelson, Pyotr Todorovsky, Shane Black, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Mitchell Leisen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Yash Chopra ranks 272. Before him are John Vernon, Hans Apel, Anand Panyarachun, Alfonso Arau, Loretta Lynn, and John Drew Barrymore. After him are Tinka Kurti, Phyllida Law, Mongo Beti, Colville Young, James Stafford, and Geoff Bent. Among people deceased in 2012, Yash Chopra ranks 228. Before him are Lupe Ontiveros, Verghese Kurien, Rafael Lesmes, Richard Lynch, Sergio Livingstone, and Vladimir Krutov. After him are Hector Bianciotti, Levon Helm, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Émile Allais, Isuzu Yamada, and Ann Curtis.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Yash Chopra ranks 60 out of 180. Before him are Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Tariq Ali (1943), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948). After him are Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Farooq Leghari (1940), L. K. Advani (1927), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Raaj Kumar (1926), and Birbal Sahni (1891).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Pakistan

Among film directors born in Pakistan, Yash Chopra ranks 1. After him are Gulzar (1934), Shekhar Kapur (1945), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Chetan Anand (1915), Ramesh Sippy (1947), and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978).

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Filmography

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