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Popular Bollywood filmmaker Ravi Chopra has died at the age of 68. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital where he was reportedly being treated for a lung ailment which he has been suffering from for the past few years. He died at around 3:30pm on Wednesday. Mr Chopra is famous for having directed popular films such as Baghban (2003) and Baabul (2006). He also directed the critically acclaimed television series Mahabharata, which was produced by his father B. R. Chopra.

Mr. Chopra is also the nephew of legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra and the cousin of Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra. He is survived by his wife and three children. He made his directing debut with the film Zameer (1975). His last project was the famous Bhootnath series starring legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. Mr Chopra’s funeral is reportedly scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

We send our deepest sympathies to Ravi Chopra...

Just two days back, the whole world was shocked with the sudden demise of Yash Chopra. And now, his nephew filmmaker Ravi Chopra (66) has been admitted to the ICU of a city hospital. Ravi, the son of late producer-director B. R. Chopra, has been reportedly diagnosed with an acute lung ailment. The talented filmmaker has films like Zameer, The Burning Train, Baghban, Baabul to his credit. Bollywood Hungama prays for the quick recovery of Ravi Chopra.

Whether it was his movies, his moves or his mannerisms, Shammi Kapoor’s lasting effect on Bollywood is one that has been cemented on the walls of time. Generation after generation have seen, enjoyed and been mesmerised by an actor that taught them dance like no one is watching. Sadly, the actor passed away this morning at the age of 79.

Born Shamsher Raj Kapoor, the actor grew to the status heartthrob of the 1960’s with a string of hits including Junglee in which he is said to be romance personified. Films like Teesri Manzil, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor and An Evening In Paris are fresh in the minds of so many for the his outstanding acting and most of all, his charismatic dancing too. He proved his mark with his films like Hero, Vidhaata and Zameer as well, and even scored Filmfare Best Actor award in the 1968 film Brahmachari.

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Mumbai, (Ians) Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan remembers legendary filmmaker B.R. Chopra as a firm believer in aesthetics whose films highlighted issues of social and moral conflict. "He was a pillar of the industry. We've lost a stalwart. The core of humanism and social relevance remained with Chopra saab till the end," Big B told Ians from Udaipur where he's currently resting."Chopra saab and I go back a long way. I've worked for many years with him. When Chopra saab's son Ravi started his career as a director with 'Zameer', I played the lead in it," he added. Chopra died here Wednesday after a prolonged illness. The winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was 94.Amitabh says that his films and television series revealed a novel approach to ...