Yash Chopra has the last laugh

There have been whispers about the tension in the Chopra home. It all started with Yash Chopra being upset with bada beta Aditya Chopra for divorcing his wife Payal and favouring actress Rani Mukerji.

Rumours abound of Adi's plan to marry the actress against his father's wishes. But an insider told us that all the differences between the father and the son are not on the personal level.

Says our source, "It may come as a shock to many but Yash Chopra is having the last laugh with Yash Raj Films (YRF) gave a back-to-back failure with Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom."

A khabru from YRF camp adds, "Yashji is feeling jubilant because he did not have any say in the making of both these films. Aditya has almost completely taken over the running of YRF."

Namesake head

"Nobody listens to Yashji in the office these days. Aditya is taking all the creative decisions. Yashji has been talking about this to some of his confidantes. Aditya has a lot of knowledge about marketing, but he is a pale shadow of Yashji in establishing content. The content is the king and the content has faltered in TRRP and JBJ," the source adds.

When contacted, trade analyst Taran Adarsh insists that Yash Chopra cannot be happy with TRRP and JBJ's fate at the turnstiles. "I don't believe that Yashji and Adi are fighting with each other. Plus, I am sure that Yashji still commands a lot of respect in YRF," he says.

Adarsh is however aware that Aditya holds the reins in YRF now. "Aditya has been in charge since a long time. Yes, JBJ was a bad film. Its fate at the box-office did not surprise or sadden me. But such things happen when you make many films. One tends to feel that even this will also work. That does not mean that YRF is on the decline," he adds.

No Midas touch

Trade analyst cum Chief Editor, thirtymm.com, Indu Mirani, is more vocal. "I don't know about the family equations in Chopra household but Tara Rum Pam Pam and JBJ do not have Yash Chopra's touch.

YRF Films have always had gloss and glamour but with a solid story line. TRRP had a very slim story line and JBJ had none whatsoever. It is overconfidence on Aditya's part- bade star lo, film hit ho jayegi, YRF ki film hai," she says.

"In their good old days, YRF would not have made films like TRRP and JBJ. YRF stands for a lot more than just foreign locales and big stars," Mirani opines.

Future

Film exhibitor Manoj Desai is equally vocal. The promos of their upcoming venture Chak De (starring Shah Rukh Khan) were pulled off recently. "The trailer was too lengthy and public was hooting.

What else could I do but remove it? I strongly feel that the father-son rapport should return. This is not only bad for exhibitors but for Chopras themselves. Yashji should once again involve himself in YRF projects in all departments with sincerity and caution."


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Well ever since Adi took over, I think yash raj movies have lost their touch, I mean now their movies are about more of style w/out substance. I like TRRP and though JBJ was sticktly OK, but both did end up doing bad at the BO.....now lets see how CDI does. I think doing the promotional video with JBJ was a bad thing. People were thinking that the promotional video would turn out to be more of a first trailer and were expecting to see some good scenes from the movie, and that very bad rapping and intro turned out to be bad and CDI promo were taken off from theatres.

Hopefully YRF start making films with style but equally strong enough of a storyline.

I am not interested in their persoal lives but as far as their proffesseional lives is concerned quality of their films is degrading with each new release. yash Chopra made much better films bcak in 70's(see my siggy/..I just adore his films Kabhie Kabhie...kisi ne thik kaha hai..a film like Kabhie Kabhie happens only kabhi Kabhie in Hindi Cinema!)

Sadly the ame cant be said today...Now he makes all sorts of boring melodrama🤢 and Adi's first film was good but then with the "great" film called Mohabbatein he proved his talent!😆

I have to agree about Mohabbatein that film was severely overrated and the only thing worthwhile about it was SRK-Amitji scenes. YRF's quality is in decline, Aditya definately knows how to package a movie with gloss and big name stars but the subtstance of the content lacks any soul. Yashji definately needs to have a say in the professional running of YRF again.

I agree, YRF is all about style with zero substance nowadays, and the worse film of all was the recent JBJ, was a terrible film. Back in 70s and 80s were some of YRF best films. The content back then was the USP of the film regardless of who starred in the movie, there movies always had heart touching storylines protrayed with utter simplicity. And the result was magical cinematic experience.

If they feel big location, huge settings, more emphasise on fashion than the content, casting stars and not real talent, is going to make there movies hit, they really need to think twice.

Originally posted by: lucky_lakshmi

I am not interested in their persoal lives but as far as their proffesseional lives is concerned quality of their films is degrading with each new release. yash Chopra made much better films bcak in 70's(see my siggy/..I just adore his films Kabhie Kabhie...kisi ne thik kaha hai..a film like Kabhie Kabhie happens only kabhi Kabhie in Hindi Cinema!)

Sadly the ame cant be said today...Now he makes all sorts of boring melodrama🤢 and Adi's first film was good but then with the "great" film called Mohabbatein he proved his talent!😆

So true, I agree, the only saving grace in the film was Amitji he completely rocked as the strict head of the Gurkul. Mohabbetien would have been a complete disaster if not for Big B and his presence in the film and his overall starpower and to some extent SRK. The rest of the film was all style but no content or substance. Amitabh was carrying the sinking ship on his two shoulders all alone. Adi was extremley fortunate that the movie did well in the box-office as he cashed in well with the Big B/SRK chem in that movie.

^^^Back in the 70's It saw the best decade for Yash Chopra--His best ever film came in 1975---Deewaar! 😳 Bole Toh Main toh bahut badi fan hoon uss film ka Yash ki Direction ka! aur Kabhie Kabhie and Silsila jaise Filmein bhi bahut achchi Yash Raj pictures hai...Lekin uske baad toh utni achchi films nahiin bana paaya aajkal toh Yash Raj ke har ek film bakwaas hai 🤢 Karan Johar aur Yash Raj films mein aajkal sirl first class poetic dialogues hai!😆

aur Mohabbatein ki baat---Agreen it was Big B's comebacj I mean he was back with the bang with a huuuge hit and great performance..But overall that film just pissed me off!😆

Oh yeah completely Deewaar is my all time fav bolly movie. Personally believe it was the best Amitji movie also, fell in love with him in that movie 😃 😳 And yeah nowadays all the recent YRF are pathetic, the movies lack soul big time.

It was the young actors that pissed me off to no end in Mohabbetien, none of them could act at all, I still cant believe abhi signed a film like JBJ, he has soo much potential and talent he shouldnt be wasting it in such pathetic and terrible films.

^^^Same heer seems our cghoices match..I too love Deewaar it is my favouriteeeeeeeee movie too!!! 😃 Such a masterpiece. Best movie after Anand in my opionion but all time favourite movie of mine always still to see a film that can top it in my favourites list! 😳

I too fell in love with Big B After I saw Deewaar! I too think it is his best well but after Nishabd maybe 😳 as A film deewaar is greater but Big B 's performance in both were almost equals or maybe in Nishabd his performance was one ntch above!! 😳 But deewaar is my fav Big B movie..he excelled like anythinh

I havent seen Nishabd yet, I didnt get a chance to watch it in the cinema, and I am dying to see the film because of Big B obviously and the combination of Big B/RGV, which is deadly when combined. The ones I have seen recently I put near par Deewaar are Black, Cheeni Kum, and Eklavya Amitji shined in these movies big time. Though I still also havent seen any movie yet to exceed deewaar in any department of the film. That film is truly a gem of bollywood, which is matchless.