Tum toh jaante ho maine har janwar se kuch na kuch sikha hai; ulu se maine ek adat sikhi hai woh apna ghosla kaabhi nahin banata, balki doosre parindon ke ghoslon pe kabzaa kar leta hai. Yeh toh vahi misaal hui ram naam japna paraya maal apna. —from the film Jawab (1970)
With Manoj Kumar and the legendary Pran
Posing for the camera
Prem Chopra at Mumtaz’s wedding
Prem Chopra with Rajendra Kumar
Prem Chopra with Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor
From the movie Shaheed
Prem Naam Hai Mera, Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra with Sharman Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Aamir Khan at the launch of Ferrari Ki Sawari
With the two Yashs—Yash Chopra (left) and Yash Johar— at his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party
With friends on New Year’s Eve: (L–R) Rakesh Roshan, Prem Chopra, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Sujit Kumar and Jeetendra
The Filmfare Award 1976 winners (L–R Asrani, Prem Chopra, Kajri, Sanjeev Kumar and Rakhee) with Atal Bihari Vajpayee (second from right)
Family time: (Standing, L–R) Sons-in-law Sharman Joshi, Rahul Nanda and Vikas Bhalla; (Sitting, L–R) Punita,, Uma, Prem Chopra, Rakita and Prerana; (bottom row, L–R) grandchildren Vaaryan, Veer, Sanchi, Khyana, Risha and Vihaan
Prem Chopra with Boman Irani, Salman Khan and Sharman Joshi
Prem Chopra with Sharman Joshi, Amitabh Bachchan and Vidhu Vinod Chopra
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rakita Nanda is a graduate in mass communication and worked as a website designer for almost ten years. She was also the marketing manager of Baba Digital, a printing unit handling clients such as Reliance, Coca Cola, The Times of India and ICICI. This is her first book.
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