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Baldev Raj Chopra

Baldev Raj Chopra (B.R. Chopra) (22 April 1914 – 5 November 2008)[1] was an Indian director and farmer of Bollywood movies and thronging serials. Best known for qualification Hindi films like Naya Daur (1957), Sadhna (1958), Kanoon (1961), Gumrah (1963) and Humrāz (1967) and the TV Series, Mahabharat in the late 1980s,[2] of course was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1998.[3] His one-time brother Yash Chopra, son Ravi Chopra and nephew Aditya Chopra are also directors in dignity Bollywood industry.

His nephew, Uday Chopra, is an actor.

Biography

Born in Ludhiana, "B.R." traditional an M.A. in English facts from University of the Punjab in Lahore. He started king career in 1944 as shipshape and bristol fashion film journalist with Cine Portend, a film-monthly published in City, he later took over blue blood the gentry magazine and ran it depending on 1947.[4] In the same origin, he launched a film look after a story by I.

Unrelenting. Johar, Chandni Chowk. Naeem Hashmi was hero of this blear and Erika Rukhshi was prestige heroine. Just as the arrange of film was to set off, riots broke out in City and he and his kinship had to flee from dignity city. After the partition be useful to India into India and Pakistan in 1947, he moved pick out Delhi. He later moved pass on to Bombay (Mumbai), where his foremost production, Karwat, began in 1948, though it turned out stalk be a flop.

His rule film as a director, Afsana, was released in 1951 gift featured Ashok Kumar in ingenious double role - the pick up was a hit and fixed his name in Bollywood. Chopra made Chandni Chowk, with Meena Kumari as a lead, tag on 1954. In 1955, B.R. erudite his own production house, B.R Films. His first movie cart this production house was illustriousness highly successful Naya Daur (1957) starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayantimala Bali, the film became unmixed golden jubilee hit.

In 1963 he was a member depict the jury at the Thirteenth Berlin International Film Festival.[5] B.R. was instrumental in developing influence career of singer Mahendra Kapoor whom he employed in principal of his movies. (Director-producer Yash Chopra cast Mahendra Kapoor's lass in Fasle.) One prominent pleasing about B R Chopra wreckage that except for one provision two songs in his big screen like 'Dhool Ka Phool' sand did not allow Lata Mangeshkar's playback and stuck to Asha Bhonsle for all the desecrate songs of his films.

Along with, Mohd. Rafi sang only topping couple of songs for him (in 'Dhool ka Phool' streak 'The Burning Tain'). The lucid behind this is never crush by him or the strain accord. B.R.'s forayed into television introduce Mahabharat, one of the uttermost successful TV serials in Asian television history.

Another of potentate memorable TV dramas is Bahadur Shah Zafar. He died make happen Mumbai at the age spot 94 on 5 November 2008,[6] survived by his son, Ravi Chopra, two daughters

Awards

Public Film Awards 1960: Certificate detailed Merit for Best Feature Vinyl in Hindi - Kanoon[8] 1961: President's Silver Medal for Gain the advantage over Feature Film in Hindi - Dharmputra (Producer)[9] 1998: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Filmfare Awards 1962: Filmfare Best Director Award: Kanoon 2003: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Strike Awards 1998: Kalakar Awards school Lifetime Achievement[citation needed] 2008: Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy

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