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.

Irregularities in Vitamin D levels common in city patients: survey

 vitamin D — either too much or too little. Metropolis Healthcare Limited conducted the survey between January and December 2011 in Mumbai. Vitamin D is primarily responsible for the absorption of calcium that is necessary for the growth of bones. 

 Of the 33,444 walk-in patients (comprising men, women and children) who were tested, 27,606 patients were found to have vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency, or toxicity (excess vitamin D).

The normal value for vitamin D is 30-100 nanograms per millilitre of blood. “Usually, these patients suffer from bone pain or fatigue. Some patients are detected with osteoporosis,” said Dr Deepak Sanghavi, consultant pathologist, clinical chemistry, Metropolis Healthcare Limited.

Doctors said that Indians are prone to Vitamin D deficiency. “Indian skin is rich in melanin, which  prevents the skin from absorbing sunlight,” said Dr Shashank Joshi, consulting endocrinologist, Lilavati Hospital. Doctors said that a sedentary lifestyle, pollution and a vegetarian diet could hinder the body’s absorption of vitamin D.