Yash Chopra
Veteran Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra, regarded as the country’s king of celluloid romance, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday, about a month after celebrating his 80th birth anniversary.
A spokesperson for Yash Raj Films said Chopra was suffering from dengue and had been admitted at a Mumbai hospital where he breathed his last.
Merely 10 days ago, on Oct 11, Chopra along with his wife Pamela attended a party arranged to celebrate the 70th birthday of Amitabh Bachchan.
Chopra rose to prominence in Indian film industry making romantic dramas considered the most memorable ones of Bollywood’s. He proved his worth as a maker of intensely emotional and tragic movies, many of which became box-office blockbusters.
Born in 1932 in Lahore, now in Pakistan, the film-maker came to Mumbai with only 200 rupees in his pocket, and made it up to his hope to become a film director whose career had spanned five decades, according to Chopra himself.
News Source: bdnews24.com
