{"id":677,"date":"2012-10-22T14:16:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T07:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-08-30T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:56:08","slug":"yash-chopra-hues-of-love-among-the-picturesque-swiss-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/yash-chopra-hues-of-love-among-the-picturesque-swiss-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Yash Chopra \u2013 Hues of Love among the picturesque Swiss Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The author of Romance on celluloid passed away on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October leaving behind a permanent void in Indian cinema. Bollywood director Yash Chopra wove his films, predominantly around love and romance, for 53 years at the box-office.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/yash-chopra.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-678\" title=\"yash chopra\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/yash-chopra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The movie moghul is the founder of Bollywood\u2019s premier banner, Yash Raj Films. Spinning more than 100 films,flamboyant Blockbusters were churned out under the aegis of the man, who introduced the Indian Audience to chiffon sarees and the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dhool Ka Phool\u2019 in 1959 marked the directorial debut with decades of films spanning between Amitabh Bachchan to Shah Rukh Khan. Distinctly etched identities stuck on to the actors and became most iconic reel characters.<\/p>\n<p>He established the career of Amitabh Bachchan as the \u201cangry young man\u201d of Bollywood with \u201cDeewar\u201d in 1975.Shahrukh Khan\u2019s thriller \u201cDarr\u201d in 1993 made him a permanent fixture with the banner, latest film being the much awaited\u201d Jab Tak Hain Jaan\u201d .<\/p>\n<p>The Awards conferred on Yash Chopra is an illustrious list\u00a0 that include \u201cDadasaheb Phalke Award\u201d in 2001, \u201cPadma Bhushan\u201d in 2005, \u201cDr Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award\u201d in 2001. Yash Chopra was honored with the Swiss Ambassador\u2019s Award 2010 for rediscovering Switzerland with Six National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare awards, including four Filmfare Award for Best Director.<\/p>\n<p>Heroins \u00a0drapped in Chiffon sarees , snowcapped mountains and Switzerland. These three ingredients completed Yash Raj signature style.Switzerland became a sought after destination for movie buffs after the blockbuster \u201cDilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge\u201d in 1995. Weaving magic in the pristine locales, no one complained about the absurdity of shifting scenes from a village in Punjab to the Swiss Alps, just for a song. Post card images of Switzerland flash across the mind when Yash Chopra films are discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Switching genres came easily to Yash Chopra.Human drama in Dhool Ka Phool, 1959, Stylish social lost and found formula on in Waqt, 1965, songless murder mystery Ittefaq, 1969. Complicated love triangles (Daag and Chandni), Love quadrangle (Silsila), love defying (Kabhi Kabhie), age-gap amour (Lamhe), Musical romance (Dil To Paagal Hai), Sacrifice Love (Veer Zara), all the hues of Love were captured and projected with a healthy dose of charming music.<\/p>\n<p>Two distinct strands &#8211; mature romance (Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Chandni, Lamhe, Veer Zara) and action-oriented human conflicts (Deewar, Trishul) carved a niche for Yash Raj Films. \u201cChandni\u201d in 1989 ushered in end the violence while establishing Sridevi as a top star. \u201cDil To Pagal Hai\u201d became the first Bollywood movie to be shot in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Chopra has shot around a lake in Alpenrausch for so many times, that the Lake has been rechristened as Chopra Lake.The Jungfrau Railways in Switzerland has inaugurated a train named after the legend, which was flagged off by Chopra himself, bearing his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Yash Chopra had an eye for details and knew how to zero-in locations to film songs and add value to the flowing lyrics.True to the title of his last film, \u00a0Yash Chopra symbolically closed the last chapter of his life with his last directorial venture , Jab Tak Hain Jaan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author of Romance on celluloid passed away on 21st October leaving behind a permanent void in Indian cinema. 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