Aditya Chopra

Aditya Yash Chopra or commonly known as Aditya Chopra (21 May 1971) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer of the Bollywood genre. He is the son of Yash Chopra and brother of film actor Uday Chopra.

Career

Aditya Chopra shot to fame when he directed "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995), starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. The film was and still is the biggest box office hit in the industry. That was soon followed by another blockbuster hit "Dil To Pagal Hai" in 1997, which he co-produced and co-wrote. His fav. actor is SRK.

After a five year break from directing, he came back with "Mohabbatein" (2000). The film brought together for the first time Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. It also launched the career of his brother Uday Chopra.

2002 started with the quite successful "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai" which he co-produced, as the movie won the hearts of the audience because of the spoofed plot and comedic acting by Uday Chopra. However, it continued not so well because of major flop release of "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (also co-produced). 2004 was an excellent year for him and Yash Raj Films, when they had three consecutive hits with "Hum Tum", "Dhoom" and "Veer-Zaara". 2005 saw the release of "Bunty Aur Babli", "Salaam Namaste" and "Neal N Nikki". The first two were hits, while the latter was a box office flop.

He has produced "Fanaa", "Dhoom 2", and "Kabul Express" and all were released in 2006. "Fanaa" was super hit film while Dhoom 2 was among the top blockbusters and highest grossing Hindi films of 2006.

In 2007 he produced "Tara Rum Pum", "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom", "Chak De India", "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag" and "Aaja Nachle". Chak De India was a blockbuster in India and abroad, Tara Rum Pum was a semi-hit and the others were flops at the Box office.

Aditya Chopra has a forthcoming Hindi film titled Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which he will be directing. The film will star Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma who is playing the role of a very young woman of 16 years of age. The film will be set in the Yash Raj Films family background: Punjab.The music is given by Salim-Sulaiman. The shooting is expected to start around may and finish around November. the movie is expected to release in Dec 08 [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=84&nCat=news] .

Personal life

He was married to Payal but recently divorced. Both Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra stayed at Girnar Apartments in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai till the early 1980s before moving out to Juhu. He moved out of Yash Chopra's house after he divorced his wife, he then moved to a bandra hotel. he has given his ex wife a house to live in.

Filmography

Director

# "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008) ("God Made the Couple")
# "Mohabbatein" (2000) ("Love Stories")
# "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995) ("The Big-Hearted Will Win the Bride")

Producer

# "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008) ("God Made The Couple")
# "Roadside Romeo" (2008)
# "Bachna Ae Haseeno" (2008)
# "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic" (2008) ("Some Love Some Magic")
# "Tashan" (2008) ("Style")
# "Aaja Nachle" (2007) ("Come Dance")
# "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag" (2007) ("Staining the veil")
# "Chak De India" (2007)
# "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" (2007)
# "Ta Ra Rum Pum" (2007)^^
# "Kabul Express" (2006)
# "Dhoom 2" (2006) (Sequel to Dhoom, meaning 'BLAST')
# "Fanaa" (2006) ("Destruction or Destroyed in Love")
# "Neal 'n' Nikki" (2005)
# "Salaam Namaste" (2005) ('Hello')
# "Bunty Aur Babli" (2005) ("Bunty and Babli")
# "Veer-Zaara" (2004)
# "Dhoom" (2004) ("Blast")
# "Hum Tum" (2004) ("Me, You")
# "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (2002) ("Will you be my friend?")
# "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai" (2002) ("It is my friend's wedding")
# "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) ("The Heart Is Crazy")

Writer

# "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008)
# "Dhoom 2" (2006) ("D2 Back in Action")
# "Bunty Aur Babli" (2005) ("Bunty and Babli")
# "Veer-Zaara" (2004)
# "Mujhse Dosti Karoge!" (2002) ("Let's Be Friends!")
# "Mohabbatein" (2000) ("Love")
# "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) ("The Heart Is Crazy")
# "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995) ("The Big-Hearted Will Win the Bride")
# "Parampara" (1992) ("Tradition")

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