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Yash Chopra, the founder of Yash Raj Films
Yash Chopra, the founder of Yash Raj Films

One Tamil film and sixty-five Hindi films, including two yet-to-be-released, have been produced by the Indian entertainment company Yash Raj Films. The company was established by Yash Chopra (pictured) in 1970. Yash Raj Films started a film distribution business in 1997, and in addition to distributing their own productions, the company has distributed 34 films from other companies. Yash Raj Films' first release was the Chopra-directed Daag: A Poem of Love (1973). The company's most successful films include Kaala Patthar (1979), Chandni (1989), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Veer-Zaara (2004), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), and the three films in the Dhoom franchise (2004–14). In addition to directorial ventures from Yash Chopra and his son, Aditya Chopra, the company has launched several new directors, including Sanjay Gadhvi, Kunal Kohli, Siddharth Anand, and Shaad Ali. The most frequent collaborations of the company have been with the actors Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, and Saif Ali Khan. (Full list...)