Birth Anniversary: ​​Yash Raj Chopra once disliked Shahrukh...

Today is the birth anniversary of director Yash Chopra, who gave a different definition of romance in films. Through his films, Yash Chopra created a world of dreams on the big screen that connected everyone with him. His stories had such deep emotions that the audience was spellbound by it. His films have always touched people. Yash Chopra showed romance in many colors in Bollywood. The way he presented love as passion, madness and sacrifice, hardly anyone else could have shown it. So, today on Yash Chopra's birthday, let us tell you some special things related to him.

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Yash Chopra wanted to become an engineer

- Yash Chopra was born in Lahore on 27 September 1932. He studied in Lahore. In 1945, his family settled in Ludhiana, Punjab. Yash Chopra came to Mumbai with the desire to become an engineer. But fate had something else in store for him.

- Yash Chopra's elder brother BR Chopra was also a well-known producer-director of Bollywood. Yash ji worked as a co-director with his brother in the beginning of his career. He worked in films like 'Naya Daur', 'Ek Hi Raasta' and 'Sadhna'.

Brought stardom to many stars

As a director, Yash ji made his first film 'Dhool Ka Phool' in 1959. He made 'Dharmputra' in 1961 and the multi-starrer film 'Waqt' in 1965. He directed 22 films and produced 51 films.

- In 1973, he founded the production company Yash Raj Films. During their struggling days, many actors refused to take their wages from him, but Yash Chopra paid them the full amount. Yash Chopra gave stardom status to many stars through his films.

Yash Chopra was the magician of romantic films

- In 1975, with the film 'Deewar', he expanded the image of megastar Amitabh Bachchan as 'Angry Young Man'. Yash Chopra is called the magician of romantic films. Yash Chopra's elder son Aditya Chopra is also a director. Yash Chopra's younger son Uday Chopra is a Bollywood actor. He has acted in many films.

- Five films starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role - Deewar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Trishul (1978), Kala Patthar (1979), Silsila (1981) are Yash Chopra's best films. As a director, Yash Chopra made successful films like Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, Veer Zara and Jab Tak Hai Jaan with Bollywood's King Shahrukh Khan.

Shahrukh Khan was made a superstar

- Shahrukh played the role of Rahul Mehra in 'Darr'. Very few people know that Shahrukh Khan was not Yash Chopra's first choice. At that time this role was offered to Ajay Devgan but due to lack of dates, Ajay Devgan refused the film.

- Then Aamir Khan was approached for this but he too did not show interest in it. Because Aamir did not want to do a negative role. It is said that after this the relationship between Aamir and Yash ji had deteriorated a lot.

Aamir-Yash Chopra's relationship got spoiled because of Shahrukh

- After Ajay Devgan and Aamir refused, this role finally came to Shahrukh. Sunny Deol played the hero's role in the film but the villain's role became more popular and Shahrukh became a superstar overnight with this film.

- After this film, Shahrukh and Sunny Deol never worked together. In an interview, Sunny Deol expressed his displeasure and said that 'the villain in the film was presented more powerfully than the hero. When I came to know that the ending of the film was such a golden one, I was shocked.'

Shahrukh got popular from the film 'Darr'

- After doing this role, Shahrukh was also afraid that his career might end but the exact opposite happened. This was the first time in the history of Bollywood when a villain got more popular than the hero.

- For his outstanding contribution to Hindi cinema, he was awarded India's highest cinema honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001. Switzerland was Yash Chopra's favorite destination for shooting films.

A street named after him in Switzerland

- On 25 October 2010, he was also honoured with the Ambassador of Interlaken Award in Switzerland. There is a road in Switzerland named after him and a train has also been started there.

- In an interview given to Shahrukh Khan on his birthday, about a month before his death, Yash Chopra said that Jab Tak Hai Jaan would be the last film directed by him. After this, he would retire and give more time to his family. In 2005, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' was the last film

- Yash Chopra used to present his heroines very beautifully in his films. In his films, heroines were often seen in white sarees and their names were Chandni. This is the reason why many heroines wished to do a film with Yash Chopra at least once in their career.

- Yash Chopra stayed away from alcohol and cigarettes but was very fond of food. Yash Chopra often used to say that he wished to keep making films till his last breath and that is what happened. In his last days, he directed 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and died on 21 October at the age of 80.

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