Mumbai, India — Bollywood movie mogul Yash Chopra, whose classic love tales made him the Indian film industry's "King of Romance," has died after contracting dengue fever. He was 80.
Chopra's earliest major hits included the 1975 action film "Deewar" ("Wall") and the romance "Kabhi Kabhie – Love is Life" in 1976, both of which helped establish Amitabh Bachchan as Bollywood's biggest star. The popular 1989 film "Chandni" ("Moonlight") had Chopra's signature touches: romance, music and a European setting.
He also directed "Dil To Pagal Hai" (The Heart Is Mad), "Lamhe" ("Moments") and "Veer-Zaara," which won the popular award at the International Indian Film Academy and the Golden Lotus award at India's National Film Awards. His final film, "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" ("As Long As I Am Alive"), is scheduled for release across India next month.
Chopra died Sunday in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. In addition to dengue, he suffered kidney ailments, according to Dr. Prakash Jiyavani.
Chopra's earliest major hits included the 1975 action film "Deewar" ("Wall") and the romance "Kabhi Kabhie – Love is Life" in 1976, both of which helped establish Amitabh Bachchan as Bollywood's biggest star. The popular 1989 film "Chandni" ("Moonlight") had Chopra's signature touches: romance, music and a European setting.
He also directed "Dil To Pagal Hai" (The Heart Is Mad), "Lamhe" ("Moments") and "Veer-Zaara," which won the popular award at the International Indian Film Academy and the Golden Lotus award at India's National Film Awards. His final film, "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" ("As Long As I Am Alive"), is scheduled for release across India next month.
Chopra died Sunday in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. In addition to dengue, he suffered kidney ailments, according to Dr. Prakash Jiyavani.
- 10/22/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
DearCinema takes stock of one of the oldest film societies in Mumbai, on its 43rd anniversary
Prabhat Chitra Mandal, one of the oldest existing film societies in Mumbai is in a constant tussle with modernity and new-age technology. In its office in the ancient Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya building in Dadar, hangs a portrait of Guru Dutt which was gifted to Prabhat by his second son Arun in the early nineties. The portrait looked majestic in its original, claims trustee Sudhir Nandgaonkar, who has been withPrabhat since its inception. He thinks it looks a little less graceful in its present digitised form.
The film society that began in 1968 celebrates its 43rd anniversary this month, and comes a full circle with the screening of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy as part of the celebrations. Ray’s Chiriyakhana was the first film that Prabhat had screened in Mumbai on July 5, 1968 at Chitra theatre in Dadar.
Prabhat Chitra Mandal, one of the oldest existing film societies in Mumbai is in a constant tussle with modernity and new-age technology. In its office in the ancient Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya building in Dadar, hangs a portrait of Guru Dutt which was gifted to Prabhat by his second son Arun in the early nineties. The portrait looked majestic in its original, claims trustee Sudhir Nandgaonkar, who has been withPrabhat since its inception. He thinks it looks a little less graceful in its present digitised form.
The film society that began in 1968 celebrates its 43rd anniversary this month, and comes a full circle with the screening of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy as part of the celebrations. Ray’s Chiriyakhana was the first film that Prabhat had screened in Mumbai on July 5, 1968 at Chitra theatre in Dadar.
- 7/30/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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