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Bollywood director Yash Chopra to be honored at Pusan festvialAs an indication of the ever increasing outreach of Bollywood, one of the most famous practitioners and directors of this special Indian brand of film, Yash Chopra, 76, will be honored at the upcoming 14th annual Pusan IFF in South Korea, where he will be named "Asian filmaker of the year". An Asian (Indian) cinema night will be held in Chopra's honor. Since his directorial debut in 1959 with a film called "Dhool ka Phool" (Blossoms in the dust) Chopra has directed a total of 21 features, which may not seem all that impressive over a five decade career, however this filmography is laced with numerous landmark films, now regarded as classics of the Hindi cinema. Among them "Waqt", "Deewar" (the film which launched actor Amitabh Bachchan's "Angry young man" career, "Silsila" (The Affair"), "Darr", ('93) a major film in the early career of definitive Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, "Dil to pagal hai" (The heart is crazy), 1997, a landmark musical romance extravaganza, and "Veer Zara", 2004, a politically tinged love story between a Pakistani girl and a Indian air force pilot (played my Muslim Shahrukh Khan!) which plays out on both sides of the border. This last film was particularly close to Chopra's heart as he was born in Lahore (British India, in 1932), on the Pakistan side of the line since the Partition of India in 1947. 15.09.2009 | Editor's blog Cat. : actor actress Adita Chopra Alex Deleon Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan Andy Lau Angry young man Banner Bollywood Bombay Chopra Cinema of India Company Founded Darr Darr Deewar Deewar Dhool ka Phool Dil Bole Hadippa Dil To Pagal Hai Director director of some note Entertainment Entertainment Family Relation Hindi cinema Human Interest Human Interest India Indian Air Force Indian films Indian people Lahore leader London Mohsen Makhmalbaf New York New York Person Attributes Person Career Person Location Producer professor Pusan Rachel Dwyer Shahrukh Khan Shahrukh Khan Silsila South Korea Swiss Government Switzerland Taiwan the Toronto film festival Ursula Andress Veer-Zaara Waqt World Directors Yah Raj Films Yash Chopra Yash Chopra Yash Raj Films |
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