Uday Chopra

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Uday Chopra
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Chopra in 2012
Born  (1973-01-05) 5 January 1973 (age 51)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1993–2014
Parent(s) Yash Chopra
Pamela Chopra
Relatives Chopra-Johar family

Uday Raj Chopra (born 5 January 1973) is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of filmmaker Yash Chopra. He made his acting debut in the 2000 musical romantic drama Mohabbatein and featured in several other films including Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Dhoom (2004), Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dhoom 3 (2013).

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Early life

He is the son of director Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra. His brother is filmmaker Aditya Chopra and his sister-in-law is the actress Rani Mukerji. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the Yash Raj Films banner. [1] [2]

In July 2012, Chopra founded his own company, "Yomics", which creates comics based on Yash Raj Films. [3]

Career

In 1994, Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay Kumar, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. He made his acting debut in the movie Mohabbatein . [1] Chopra has mostly acted in films under his father's production house.

He starred in the action thriller Dhoom and in its sequels Dhoom 2 and Dhoom 3 , released in 2006 and 2013 respectively. [4] Although praised for his performance as Ali Akbar Fateh Khan in the first installment, a role he reprised in both the sequels, the sequels were met with mixed reviews. [5] [6]

In 2011, he went to Los Angeles to join a production work shop in UCLA. [7]

In 2014, Chopra produced two films. Grace of Monaco was the biography film about Grace Kelly starring Nicole Kidman in the leading role. He produced the Hollywood film The Longest Week , a comedy drama starring Olivia Wilde and Jason Bateman. It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary Hollywood production house YRF Entertainment. [8]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Lamhe Assistant director only
1993 Parampara
Darr
1995 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Biker infront of SimranUncredited cameo;

Also assistant director

1997 Dil To Pagal Hai Assistant director only
2000 Mohabbatein Vikram KapoorAlso associate producer
2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Sanjay Malhotra
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Rohan Verma
2003 Supari Aryan Pandit
Kal Ho Naa Ho Day 6 AnnouncerCameo appearance
2004 Charas: A Joint Operation Ashraf
Dhoom Sub Inspector Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
2005 Neal 'n' Nikki Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia
2006 Dhoom 2 Sub Inspector Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
2010 Pyaar Impossible Abhay SharmaAlso producer and screenwriter
2013 Dhoom 3 Sub Inspector Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
2014 Grace of Monaco Producer only
The Longest Week Producer only

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 The Romantics HimselfDocumentary; also executive producer
The Railway Men Executive producer only

Awards

Chopra received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie for producing Grace of Monaco at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. [9]

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