Filmmaker Yash Chopra dead

Chopra's first commercial as well as critical success was Waqt (1965), a multi-starrer family drama.

 The Chopra brothers made several more movies together during the late 50s and 60s. Yash Chopra passed away at Lilavati hospital in Mumbai.

 Yash Chopra began his career as an assistant director to his elder brother B R Chopra and directed his own first film 'Dhool Ka Phool' in 1959.

 Yash Raj Chopra was born in Lahore, now in Pakistan, on September 27, 1932.

 Chopra, 80, is survived by wife and two sons, filmmaker Aditya Chopra and actor-producer Uday Chopra. A file photo of Chopra in Mumbai.

 Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra passed away in Mumbai on Sunday. He was suffering from dengue and was admitted to Lilavati hospital in Mumbai. A file photo of Chopra in Mumbai.

 Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra passed away in Mumbai on Sunday. He was suffering from dengue and was admitted to Lilavati hospital in Mumbai. A file photo of Chopra at the Swiss  Ambassador’s Award 2010 presented to him by Ambassador Philippe Welti at Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi.