Aditya Chopra remembers late father Yash Chopra on 50 glorious years of Yash Raj Films

It’s legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra’s birth anniversary today. Yash’s filmmaker son Aditya Chopra remembered his father with a beautiful and heartwarming note. He also recalled the 50 glorious years of Yash Raj Films which also happens to be today.

Aditya opened up with how his father Yash Chopra laid the foundation of Yash Raj Films. “In 1970, my father Yash Chopra left the security and comfort of his brother Mr. BR Chopra and formed his own company. Till then, he was a salaried employee of BR Films and didn’t own anything of his own. He did not know how to run a business and did not even have the basic knowledge of what goes into making a company. All he had was a strong belief in his talent and hard work and a dream to be self-reliant. That conviction of a creative man backing nothing but himself and his art, gave birth to Yash Raj Films. Mr. V Shantaram, who owned Rajkamal Studios, graciously gave him a small room in his studio for his office. My father didn’t know then, that the small company that he started in a tiny room, would one day become the biggest film company of the Indian Film Industry,” Aditya wrote.

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He further added, “In 1995, as Yash Raj Films (YRF) entered its 25th year, my directorial debut film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released. The historic success of that film gave me confidence to give wings to some crazy risky ideas that I had for the future of YRF. Besides the immense love that my father had for me, he now also had a lot of faith in my ideas because of the miraculous success of my film. I had foreseen the advent of international corporate studios coming to India and taking over our business. I wanted us to achieve a certain scale, so that we could retain our independence before they came in. My father contradicted his own conservative mindset and bravely indulged all my bold initiatives. And in a span of 10 quick years, we went from a film production house to India’s first fully integrated independent film studio.”

Stating what has made their company what it is today, Aditya wrote, “Today, we enter the 50th year of Yash Raj Films. So, as I write this note, I’m trying to figure out what exactly is the secret of this 50-year success? What makes a company flourish for 50 years? Is it the creative genius of Yash Chopra? The audacious vision of his 25-year-old upstart son? Or is it just plain luck? It’s none of the above. It’s the PEOPLE. The people who worked in each and every YRF film for the last 50 years. It’s taken me 25 years to fully understand this. The secret of YRF 50 are the PEOPLE…”

You can read his entire note below:

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The filmmaker signed off by saying, “But it’s not only YRF that is made by these artists and workers; it’s the entire Indian Film Industry. This is not only YRF’s success, it’s the success of the Indian Film Industry, which gave the platform for a self-made man to create a self-reliant, truly independent studio of the world. An industry, which gives an equal opportunity to each artist and worker to make a life for himself and his family. On behalf of my entire YRF family of artists, workers and employees, I thank the Indian Film Industry for allowing YRF to be part of your great heritage. The Industry where I met the most wonderful, talented and beautiful people. The Industry I hope to be part of in every lifetime…in any capacity whatsoever.”

It is rumoured that Aditya Chopra will be making an announcement of massive YRF50 slate very soon. Until then, you guys stay tuned.

Also Read: Heard this? Aditya Chopra to announce his massive YRF 50 slate in theatres!

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