Yash Chopra’s 89th Birth Anniversary: A look at filmmaker’s evergreen blockbuster films

Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Anushka Sharma feature in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra and produced by his son Aditya under their label Yash Raj Films. The plot centres around Samar Anand (Khan), a bomb disposal expert whose diary is discovered by intern Akira Rai (Sharma). The book details his time as a struggling immigrant in London, as well as his whirlwind romance with Meera Thapar.

Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra co-produced Veer-Zaara, a 2004 Indian Hindi-language period romance drama film directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as the titular star-crossed lovers: Veer Pratap Singh (Khan) is a Pakistani politician's daughter, while Zaara Haayat Khan (Zinta) is an Indian Air Force officer.

Yash Chopra directed Dil To Pagal Hai, a 1997 Hindi-language musical romantic film. The film depicts the love lives of members of a musical group, in which two dancers, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, battle for the love of a choreographer, Shah Rukh Khan, with Akshay Kumar playing Dixit's childhood buddy in a key supporting role.

'DDLJ' is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic film directed by Aditya Chopra, produced by his father Yash Chopra, and co-written by Javed Siddiqui and Aditya Chopra. Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol feature in the film, which was released on October 20, 1995.

'Mohabbatein' is a 2000 Hindi-language romantic drama film directed and written by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. Uday Chopra, Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Shergill, and Preeti Jhangiani feature alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai.