Yash Johar (6 September 1929 – 26 June 2004) was an Indian film producer and the founder of Dharma Productions. His films featured lavish sets, were often set in "exotic" locations, and incorporated Indian traditions and family values. [2] He was the father of Karan Johar, now a noted filmmaker himself.

Aug 14, 2023 · Karan Johar assisted Yash Chopra in directing Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in 1995. He also co-produced Veer-Zaara in 2004 and Jab Tak Hai Jaan in 2012 with Yash Chopra. He also paid tribute to Yash Chopra by naming his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil after a song from Yash Chopra’s film Silsila.

Johar started his career in the entertainment industry as an actor, when he played the role of Shrikant in the 1989 Doordarshan serial Indradhanush. As a child, he was influenced by commercial Indian cinema: He cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj Barjatya as …

Sep 27, 2020 · After Aditya Chopra's heartfelt note on 50 years of Yash Raj Films, Karan Johar took to social media to pen his feelings for Yash Chopra, who founded YRF in 1970. Karan, who considers Aditya Chopra as one of his mentors, called …

Sep 7, 2024 · Yash Johar, father of director and producer Karan Johar, established himself in Bollywood through his films. The specialty of his films was its grand sets, wonderful foreign locations, and a blend of Indian traditions.

In his memoir An Unsuitable Boy, Karan Johar spoke about growing up with star kids, and why he did not like hanging out with Aditya Chopra.

The eminent film-maker B. R. Chopra is one of his brothers, and Yash Johar is his sister's husband, thus making him the uncle of Karan Johar and Ravi Chopra. Chopra was largely brought up in the Lahore house of his second brother, B. R. Chopra, then a film journalist. [12] .

A close friend of Shahrukh Khan, he assisted Yash Chopra's Yash Raj Films during the early days of of his career, making his directorial debut with the mega-hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).

May 20, 2020 · Johar discovered his movies first through their music, watched Kabhi Kabhie a hundred times, remembers being obsessed with Silsila and how he got the first offer to direct from Chopra. The...

Johar became the father of twins through surrogacy. Karan’s son, Yash’s name, has been taken from his grandfather’s name Yash Chopra, and his daughter’s name ‘Roohi’ is the rearrangement of his mother, Hiroo’s name. Karan Johar started his career as an actor with the 1989 Doordarshan serial “Indradhanush.”