Uday Raj Chopra (born 5 January 1973) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter and assistant director in

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. He is the son of the late filmmaker

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of ...

and brother of

Aditya Chopra Aditya Chopra (; born 21 May 1971) is an Indian filmmaker, studio executive, producer and film distributor who mainly works in Indian cinema. Currently serving as the Chairman and Managing Director of Yash Raj Films, founded by his father Ya ...

. His sister-in-law is the actress

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and his cousins are film director

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and film producer

Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are ''Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing ' ...

. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the

Yash Raj Films Yash Raj Films (YRF) is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra in 1970. It mainly produces and distributes Hindi and Punjabi films. The company has grown to be one of the largest film studios ...

banner. Chopra is the owner-manager (

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) of

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and manager of Yash Raj Films along with his mother

Pamela Chopra Pamela Chopra (born 1938) is an Indian playback singer. She is the wife of veteran Bollywood film director Yash Chopra. She has also written and produced several films. Early life Chopra was born as Pamela Singh, the daughter of Mohinder Singh ...

and his brother Aditya, who owns the company. Chopra made his acting debut in the notable 2000 musical romantic drama '' Mohabbatein'' and featured in several other notable films including ''

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai ''Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'' () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Tulip Joshi (in her debut), J ...

'' (2002), ''

Dhoom ''Dhoom'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and written by Vijay Krishna Acharya, based on a story by producer Aditya Chopra. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha ...

'' (2004), ''

Dhoom 2 ''Dhoom 2'' (trans. Blast 2) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and written by Vijay Krishna Acharya, based on a story by producer Aditya Chopra, who backed the film at an estimated budget of under ...

'' (2006) and ''

Dhoom 3 ''Dhoom 3'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra, who co-wrote the story. It stars Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Uday Chopra, Jack ...

'' (2013). In July 2012, Chopra founded his own company, "Yomics", which creates comics based on Yash Raj Films. Chopra received an

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nomination for Outstanding Television Movie for producing Grace of Monaco at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Career

In 1994, Chopra produced ''

Yeh Dillagi ''Yeh Dillagi'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Naresh Malhotra and produced by Yash Chopra for his production company Yash Raj Films. Based on the 1954 American film '' Sabrina'', its story revolves on ...

'' starring

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and

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. He made his acting debut in the movie '' Mohabbatein''. Chopra has mostly done films under his father's production house. He starred in 2004 in the action thriller ''

'' and in its sequels ''

'' and ''

'', released in 2006 and 2013 respectively. Although praised for his performance as ''Ali Akbar Fateh Khan'' in the first instalment, a role he reprised in both the sequels, the sequels were met with mixed reviews. In summer of 2011, He went to

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to join a production work shop in

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. In 2014, Chopra produced two films. '' Grace of Monaco'' was the biography film about

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starring

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

in the leading role. He produced the

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film '' The Longest Week'', a

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starring

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and

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. It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary

production house

Filmography

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chopra, Uday Male actors from Mumbai Indian male film actors Indian male voice actors Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian male actors 1973 births International Indian Film Academy Awards winners