Name(s) BALDEV RAJ (B.R.) CHOPRA
Date of Birth April 22, 1914
Date of Death November 05, 2008
Identity Indian director and producer of Bollywood movies and television serials.
Date-wise Events / Works
  • 1960:   Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Hindi – Kanoon
  • 1961:   President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi – Dharmputra.
  • 1962:   Filmfare Best Director Award: Kanoon
  • 1998:   Dadasaheb Phalke Award Filmfare Awards
  • 2001:   PADMA BHUSHAN
  • 2003:   Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2008:   Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy
Other Events & Developments
  • He was Best known for making Hindi films like Naya Daur (1957), Sadhna (1958), Kanoon (1961), Gumrah (1963) and Humrāz (1967), and the like.
  • Also very well known for the TV Series, Mahabharat, in the late 1980s.
  • His younger brother Yash Chopra, son Ravi Chopra and nephew Aditya Chopra are also directors in the Bollywood industry.
  • His nephew, Uday Chopra, is an actor.   
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