A commemorative postage stamp on Yash Raj Chopra, an Indian Hindi film director and producer, founding chairman of film production & distribution company ‘Yash Raj Films‘ [a part of the series ‘100 Years of Indian Cinema‘] :
Issued by India
Issued on May 3, 2013
Credits :
Stamp & FDC : Kamleshwar Singh
Cancellation : Nenu Gupta
Type : Miniature Sheet, Mint Condition
Colour : Multi colour
Denomination : 500 Paisa
Printing Process : Wet Offset
Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad
Name : Yash Raj Chopra
Born on Sep 27, 1932 at Rahon, Punjab, British India [now in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab, India]
Died on Oct 21, 2012 at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
About :
- 2001 : Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the topmost and the highest honour given in the Indian film industry.
- 2005 : Padma Bhushan, country’s highest civilian honours
- 2009 : France‘s highest civilian honour, Legion of Honour, Pusan International Film Festival – Asian Filmmaker of the Year.
- National Film Award (Producer)
- 1990 – Chandni
- 1994 – Darr
- 1996 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- 1998 – Dil To Pagal Hai
- 2005 – Veer-Zaara
- 1990 President’s Gold Medal for best Hindi Film – Dharmputra
- Filmfare Awards –
- 1965 – Waqt,
- 1969 – Ittefaq,
- 1973 – Daag,
- 1975 – Deewar,
- 1991 – Lamhe,
- 1995 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,
- 1997 – Dil To Pagal Hai,
- 2004 – Veer-Zaara
