Only then will I accept it,” he had said.Īs we go to press, news comes in that the Roshans-Rakesh and Hrithik, have packed up their Krrish-3 schedule in Switzerland and are flying back to Mumbai, to be with the Chopra family. Turning to actor Rishi Kapoor, Yash had said, “Yaar Chintu I can’t believe that I have come this far and that I have a studio in my name.’’Īn extremely emotional man, Yash had refused to accept the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Trophy till such time as his elder brother BR Chopra was given one. On the day he did the puja he had tears in his eyes. His biggest moment of triumph was when the YRF studio was built. If we were confused and asked Yashji who should we follow, him or Adi Yashji would unhesitatingly reply - ‘Do it the way Adi says’.” A couple of actors told us that through the making of JTHJ, “Yashji would tell us to do the scene in a particular way Adi would give a different set of instructions. His affection for Adi showed in everything he said. Yash loved Adi… in fact the boy was his alter ego. In recent times, the only thing that made him sad were media reports that said he was having differences with his son Aditya, and that Adi had left home to stay in his office. When I wished him on September 27, he admitted to being “80 years young, and still raring to go.’’ But the unit recalls that Yashji wouldn’t stay back in his hotel and how he even went to Pangkong Lake to supervise a shoot with Anushka Sharma.įor an 80-year-old, Yashji had a crystal clear memory and a terrific sense of humor. Adi had reportedly sent a doctor to look after his father, just in case he developed respiratory issues. Through the London and Ladakh schedules earlier this year, Yashji was actually sprinting like a youngster. But come morning, and he would be raring to go. In fact when Gulzar saab, Yash, and Rahman were required to stay up for the music sessions of his latest film, he would tell Adi to take his place after midnight! Yashji loved his sleep. Of course, there were some things he couldn’t adjust to. When he stepped out of his room after a week or so, like Rip Van Winkle, he had gotten over his flops, and was back to work with renewed vigor.” Like in his movies, even in his own life he figured out ingenuous means to keep himself going. A source told us, “For days on end, Yashji would sleep and wake up only to eat his meals, and then again go back to sleep. Food gave him emotional succour, and when he had a string of flops like - Faasle, Vijay, Parampara - he devised his own therapy to bounce back. Yashji neither drank nor smoked, but he loved his food so much that he could have four gulab jamuns at one go. Yashji had just three weaknesses - films, food, and his son, Aditya (Adi). And lunch was always an elaborate affair. His PROs Bunny Reuben and Gopal Panday took me to meet the filmmaker over lunch. Through the 80s, my interaction with Yashji entailed regular visits to his Juhu bungalow or his Vikas Park office just before a film of his released. As a filmmaker, he was always up to date on the changes in the film milieu and his son Aditya was his window to global cinema. In all these years, the only obvious thing that changed about him was his receding hairline. I have interacted with Yashji for three decades. His immediate family - wife Pamela, sons Aditya and Uday were around when the end came. Around noon on October 13, he was diagnosed with dengue, and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital, where he passed away at 5.30 pm on October 21. However, the legendary filmmaker developed health issues on the morning of October 11. He had one final song to shoot for his Diwali release Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ). Yash Chopra had his tickets booked for Switzerland for October 15. YASH CHOPRA (1932 – 2012) WHO WILL NOW CARRY BOLLYWOOD’S MASHAAL? Yashji had only 3 weaknesses - films, food and Adi Meena Iyer I don’t have a JPEG image of this entire article. Here is an Article published when Yash Chopraji was laid to rest.I’m still struggling to identify from which paper or website this article was published.
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