Amitabh Bachchan: “Yash Chopra was an elder brother to me”

Recently post being honored with the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award by the TSR Foundation, the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan disclosed that he shared family bonds with the late director Yash Chopra.

According to PTI, Bachchan said, “With Yashji I had a family relationship and I believe that I still have that. I always felt that he is not only a great filmmaker but also an elder brother to me.”

Disclosing the life history of the late Director, Bachchan said that he has seen how Chopra has started off his career as an independent director and producer. He said that he still remember that one small room from where Chopra’s career took the flight. “Yashji used to work with his elder brother B R Chopra. He started off with a small room at Rajkamal studio and now Yash Raj studio is one of the well known production houses and this job was not an easy thing to do,” he said.

Revealing facts about Chopra’s film, Bachchan added, “If you watch a Yash Chopra film you will realize that every film of him is very relatable with the real life. His films were full of life’s aesthetic values.”

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