Featured in the 100 Years of Indian Cinema series, Yash Chopra was an acclaimed Hindi film director and producer who founded Yash Raj Films and created some of the most memorable films in 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
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May 3, 2013[…] Design : First two Miniature Sheets (9 x 2) – Some Dada Saheb Phalke awardees : [Ashok Kumar, B. N. Sircar, B. R. Chopra, Bhalji Pendharkar, Bhupen Hazarika, Dev Anand, Dhirendranath Ganguly, Durga Khote & Hrishikesh Mukherjee], [Majrooh Sultanpuri, Naushad, Nitin Bose, Prithviraj Kapoor, Raichand Boral, Ruby Myers, Sohrab Modi, Tapan Sinha & Yash Chopra]. […]