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	Zeenat Aman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zeenat, in her later career, found success with other banners such as B.
		Chopra, Nasir Hussain, Shakti Samanta, Manoj Kumar and Manmohan Desai.
		In contrast to this trend was her performance as a rape victim seeking justice in B.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zeenat_Aman (613 words)

	Chopra can't think of story idea sans Big B- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Chopra, who had the onerous responsibility of carrying forward the legacy of his father B R Chopra, got one of his biggest hits when he joined hands with Bachchan for the successful family drama Baghbaan after a string of flops under the prestigious B R Films banner.
		Chopra said that he is already on the verge of completing his third film with Bachchan - Baabu - again a family drama in which the mega star plays a man trying to marry off his widowed daughter-in-law Rani Mukherjee.
		Chopra is also launching his son Abhay Chopra as a director with a period film based in British India.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1637148.cms (534 words)

	B.R. Chopra felicitated : Happenings News : ApunKaChoice.Com
		Chopra made films like 'Ek Hi Raasta' (1956-on widow remarriage) and 'Sadhna' (rehabilitation of commercial sex workers).'' 'Gumrah' (which starred Dutt) was a modern love story of that time, the minister said.
		Chopra has maintained Indian values and traditions and he has a close-knit family at a time when 'modernity' is taking its toll on human lives, Dutt said.
		Chopra was honoured at 'Locations 2004', a forum to bring together Indian and foreign film fraternity and tourism sector under a single platform.
	www.apunkachoice.com /happenings/20040626-0.html (357 words)

	B.R. Chopra
		Baldev Raj Chopra came to Mumbai from Lahore after the partition of India, a victim of communal riots of 1947, his house having been burnt down.
		Chopra has always endeavoured to make socially relevant films, yet his films have always catered to popular sentiment.
		B.R. Chopra has for long been the Hindi Film Industry's senior spokesman and was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema in 1999.
	www.upperstall.com /people/brchopra.html (354 words)

	movies/awards/dadasaheb phalke awards/b.r. chopra
		B.R. Chopra was born on 14th April, 1914, he did his M.A. degree from the Lahore University, in English Literature.
		B. Chopra migrated to India in the wake of partition.
		B.R. Chopra was honored with the Cintaa Trophy by the Cine & TV Artiste's Association at the annual General Body Meeting on 17th October 1999.
	www.ultraindia.com /movies/awards/brchopra.htm (1017 words)

	Think you know Yash Chopra?
		Yash Chopra was born in 1932 in Lahore, to a PWD accountant of the British administration in Punjab.
		Yash Chopra was born in 1932 in Lahore, to a PWD accountant of the British administration in Punjab.
		Yash Chopra's own favourite film, Lamhe (1991) divided the audience on a class basis: it was hugely popular with metropolitan elite and the overseas market, which allowed it to break even.
	inhome.rediff.com /entertai/2004/nov/05quiz.htm (631 words)

	Redhotcurry.com - Films. Baghban
		BR Chopra is set to make a comeback after twenty years with the huge family drama ‘Baghban’.
		The Multi talented director, who is the eldest brother of Yash Chopra, is most remembered for classic hits such as ‘Waqt’, ‘Naya Daur’ and ‘Pati Patni aur Woh’ and memorable TV serials such as ‘Mahabarat’ and ‘Ramayana’.
		Fans of the Big B and Malini will be in for a treat, as they will see both stars light up the screen with their sizzling chemistry, which is even more riveting than twenty years ago when they last appeared together.
	www.redhotcurry.com /entertainment/films/bollywood/baghban.htm (631 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: B R Chopra chosen for Dadasaheb Phalke Award
		Veteran filmmaker Baldev Raj Chopra, a journalist who took to wielding the megaphone, is to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 1998 for his lifelong contribution to Indian cinema.
		Chopra expressed profound happiness when told of his selection for the coveted honour.
		Chopra later went on to produce television serials, beginning with Bahadur Shah Zafar starring the ageing thespian 'Dadamoni' Ashok Kumar in the title role.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/oct/21chopra.htm (572 words)

	What a wonderful world! : Bollywood's Biggest Box-office Failures, tilakrishi blogs on sulekha, Movies blogs, ...
		Dastaan (B. Chopra, 1972): Remake of BR's earlier classic, Afsana, this gripping romance miserably flopped at the box-office, showing once again that the original will always remain in the hearts and minds of the cinegoers and they will not accept the new versions.
		One of the most successful moviemakers of Hindi cinema, B. Chopra felt devastated by the disastrous failure of Dastaan, in spite of Dilip Kumar playing double role in the film.
		It was B. Chopra's most expensive film and the biggest failure in his career as a producer.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=44526 (915 words)

	Stardust.co.in ::: Classics - KANOON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		B.R. Chopra, better known to today’s young audiences as the elder brother of Yash Chopra and the uncle of Aditya Chopra, once dared to make a film that broke the mould.
		A journalist by profession, Chopra was one of the only film directors with the unique experience of working in both the film and journalistic professions simultaneously during his early years at Lahore.
		Rajendra Kumar who would later be known for his dolefully romantic song delivery, stood up to his senior actor in one of his career-best performances, sticking to straight-forward delivery while conveying the various shades of his character who is forced to investigate his own father-in-law for murder.
	www.stardustindia.com /display_Standard.asp?section=classics&subsection=&xml=November2004_classics_standard55 (847 words)

	Planet Bollywood - Gossip - B.R. Chopra To Be Felicitated At ´Locations 2004´ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Veteran filmmaker B.R. Chopra will be felicitated at the ´Locations 2004´ event which will be held on 24th and 25th June.
		He will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to and involvement in the film industry for the last 50 years.
		B.R. Chopra´s last production ´Baghban´ was a superhit and the cast of his next ´Babul´, to be directed once again by his son Ravi, is getting bigger and bigger as the days progress.
	www.planetbollywood.com /Gossip/g062204-024036.php (109 words)

	Stardust.co.in ::: Classics - NAYA DAUR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Dilip Kumar was the obvious choice for the role of Shanker, but Chopra recollects how Mehboob Khan told him, "Oh, he is making a story of a tangewala!" At that point of time, Dilip Kumar had never worked with Chopra, though the latter had given hits like ‘Afsana’, ‘Chandni Chowk’, ‘Ek Hi Raasta’ and ‘Sadhana’.
		B.R. Chopra took her to court and Dilip Kumar swore eternal allegiance to her in court to rule out any involvement on his part on her ouster.
		Chopra recollects how Mehboob Khan took the mike at the function and courageously lauded Chopra for his judgement.
	www.stardustindia.com /display_Standard.asp?section=classics&subsection=&xml=February2005_classics_standard69 (1128 words)

	IndiaPost. Baghban and the pre-Dussehra bonanza
		Babbar, it may be recalled had been introduced by Baldev Raj Chopra in his eighties film, Insaaf Ka Tarazu and so it made an emotional moment when the star MP wheeled his mentor into the party at Intercontinental Hotel in Mumbai.
		Baghban, directed by B R Chopra’s son Ravi, has several moving scenes, as it deals with the story of four ungrateful sons and their ageing parents.
		Another much talked about film to hit the Theaters is Boom, starring the Big B, Padma Lakshmi and Jackie Shroff, Boom is somewhere between being a crossover and star-studded film.
	www.indiapost.com /members/story.php?story_id=1402 (244 words)

	Mirago : Regional: Asia: India: Arts and Entertainment: Movies: Filmmaking: Directors
		Ravi Chopra - Containing information on B. Chopra's son, who is a film and teleserial director.
		Sooraj R. Barjatya - Profile of the writer and director, who is the grandson of Tarachand Barjatya.
		Vidhu Vinod Chopra - Offers detailed information on the producer-director, including his childhood days in Kashmir and experience during his training at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
	www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Regional/Asia/India/Arts_and_Entertainment/Movies/Filmmaking/Directors (331 words)

	Mahabharat
		In fact, Chopra has demonstrated an ability unseen since the passing of Ed Wood to make every wrong decision possible when directing a film.
		Chopra manages to include every fault that could possibly be found in a film.
		Chopra has created what is possibly the worst adaptation of a literary masterpiece ever to have been filmed.
	www.movierapture.com /mahabharat.htm (523 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		NEW DELHI, Feb 15 — Indian cinema’s highest national honour the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifelong contribution to the medium was today presented to Bollywood’s living legend B.R. Chopra at the 46th National Film Awards function here.
		The Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest national honour in cinema presented every year to senior film personalities for their contribution to the growth and development of the art, comprises a sum of Rs 2 lakh apart from a citation and a shawl.
		This award has been decided by the government, while the other awards were selected by a 17-member feature film jury, a five-member non-feature jury, and a three-member book jury.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000216/main4.htm (604 words)

	Interview With Yash Chopra : glamsham.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Filmmaker Yash Chopra says that despite its unconventional theme, "Salaam Namaste" is one of the biggest overseas hits.
		We've to let them make films the way they want to, while Adi (Aditya Chopra) and I make the cinema we believe in.
		The only recent film that ran by this method was my elder brother B.R. Chopra's "Baghban." It was such a brilliant subject.
	www.glamsham.com /movies/interviews/yashchopra06.asp (549 words)

	Nikaah (1982) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		However, B.R. Chopra convinced him to alter the composition and scale of the film music to suit her voice.
		BR Chopra weaves the songs too well into the story that they become integral part of the story.
		Chopra did not make Deepak Parashar to sing on the Gazal and the impact is great.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0158827/combined (632 words)

	B.R. Chopra - BollywoodSoundtracks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Chopra started the 60s with a songless film, Kanoon (1961), which was very uncommon in Bollywood.
		His son Ravi tried to bring the good days back to the B.R. Banner, but the films directed by him have not done too well.
		Chopra's company produced the highly successful Mahabharat, based on the great Indian epic, which is one of the most popular Indian television series.
	www.bollywoodsoundtracks.com /html/brchopra.htm (139 words)

	Yash Chopra
		Yash Chopra is the only director of the older brigade of filmmakers who has successfully moved with the times right from his first film Dhool ka Phool (1959) to his latest film Dil to Paagal Hai (1997).
		Though Yash Chopra has done films of various sorts, it is when he is tackling love and its various elements that he has been at his best.
		Today Yash Chopra has been honoured for his sensitive and poetic contribution to Indian Cinema with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
	www.upperstall.com /people/yashchopra.html (882 words)

	RadioSargam.Com: The Complete Entertainment Portal
		The music maestro has even managed to rope in the Big B himself to sing.
		He seems to have gone to sleep in the 1970s and woken up suddenly to make a film with values and scenes from another era.
		This is also due to the fact that the story was written by B.R. Chopra in 1970.
	www.radiosargam.com /movies/moviereviews/b/baghban.htm (1456 words)

	Kajol - Back to the big screen? - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Big B and Kajol are paired in a socio-domestic drama about a father-in-law and his daughter-in-law whose remarriage he takes upon himself after his son dies.
		In fact Ravi Chopra intends to cast them together in another film whose script he has ready.
		Incidentally another project that Ravi Chopra is planning to make is a desi version of the Clint Eastwood-Meryl Streep romance The Bridges Of Madison County again with Mr Bachchan in the lead.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july182004/enter8.asp (294 words)

	Yash Raj Films - Naya Daur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Yash Chopra interviews the director of the film, his elder brother B. Chopra about the making of Naya Daur and how...
		Dilip Kumar first refused the lead role till Ashok Kumar who heard and loved the story persuaded Dilip Kumar to hear it and the rest is history..
		the original female lead was Madhubala, whose father pleaded her out of the film due to her alleged ill health and then sued B. Chopra for breach of contract..
	www1.yashrajfilms.com /homeent/nayadaur.htm (405 words)

	Baghban- Movies- Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Directed under the able guidance of his veteran father, B R Chopra, Ravi makes a decent attempt to keep the flagship of BR films afloat.
		Though he succeeds in extracting fine-tuned performances from his lead stars, Amitabh and Hema, heâs hampered by a weak plot and mediocre script.
		And, coming from the famous Chopra camp, it certainly doesnât live up to expectation, since it fails to deliver the goods.
	movies.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=214667 (386 words)

	Yash Chopra on Bollywood's intellectual bankruptcy
		The filmmaker who began his career with Dhool Ka Phool way back in 1959 is still churning out hits, the latest being Fanaa.
		When I was in college my brother, B R Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in his own right in Bombay.
		In 1995 my son Aditya Chopra's first film, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, was the biggest hit ever in India -- it's still running in Bombay.
	inhome.rediff.com /movies/2006/may/30chopra.htm (1076 words)

	Veteran cinematographer Dharam Chopra no more : scoops@glamsham.com
		Brother of producer director B R Chopra, Dharam Chopra passed away on Saturday following cardiac arrest according to family sources.
		Dharam was cinematographer for most of B R Chopra's films including ‘Ittefaq’ (1969, ‘Dastan’ (1972), ‘Zameer’ (1975), ‘Dhund’ (1973) and also won Journalist Assistant Best cinematography award for ‘Karam’ (1977), ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ (1978) and ‘The Burning train’ (1980).
		Dharam also shot B R Chopra's telefilms, Teri Meri Kahani, Dharti Akash, Beta and Ghazal, all produced and directed by B R Chopra and T V serials like Mahabharat, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Chunni, Sauda, Kanoon, Jhansi Ki Rani, Mai Dilli Hoon, Aurat and Vishnu Puran.
	www.glamsham.com /movies/scoops/02/oct/01chopra.asp (249 words)

	MAHABHARAT KATHA - BY B.R. CHOPRA
		Written by Rishi Ved Vyasa, the ancient philosopher-thinker who was known to be the fountain of all human knowledge, it has been translated into many languages and even presented in ballet form in western and oriental countries.
		To capture the magnificence, the grandeur and drama of this great epic was the dream of producer-director Dr. B.R. Chopra, one of India eminent filmmakers.
		B.R. TV has staked enormous resources, to bring to television audiences the richness and the grandeur of the period to which the MAHABHARAT belonged.
	www.intelindia.com /mahabharat/mahabharatkatha.htm (443 words)

	B.R. Chopra - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		BR Chopra, one of most celebrated movie mavericks of the Indian celluloid...
		His first film Afsana (1951) a tale of mistaken identity with Ashok Kumar in a double role was a commercial success and BR Chopra was on his way.
		B.R. Chopra - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, B.R. Chopra Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/br-chopra/376310/main (101 words)

	Nikaah Mp3 Songs Music Review Indian Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Yash Chopra talks to the director of the film, his elder brother B. Chopra for never before insights about the making of his supe rhit film Nikaah in which B.R. Chopra talks about..
		How he discovered Salma Agha, a total newcomer to the film industry, then trained and launched her as the heroine of Nikaah.
		How Salma's voice was first rejected by the music director, Ravi and how B.R Chopra convinced him to vary the composition and scale of the film's music to suit her voice Neelofar (Salma Agha) and Haider (Raj Babbar) a budding poet, are fellow students at University.
	www.mag4you.com /music/n/nikaah.asp (351 words)

	'Baabul' takes off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The team behind the super-successful BAGHBAN -- producer B.R. Chopra, director Ravi Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini -- is back with B.R. Films' new film BAABUL.
		Producer B.R. Chopra sounded the clapper-board, while Bharat Shah switched on the camera and Delhi-U.P. distributor Ramesh Jain broke the auspicious coconut.
		The mahurat was followed by a major shooting schedule of 40 days, during which two songs and scenes are being filmed.
	www.indiafm.com /news/2005/7/21/5524/index.html (155 words)

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