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

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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).

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

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. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the Yash Raj Films banner. In July 2012, Chopra founded his own company, "

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", which creates comics based on Yash Raj Films.

Career

In 1994, Chopra produced '' Yeh Dillagi'' starring Akshay Kumar,

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and Saif Ali Khan. He made his acting debut in the movie '' Mohabbatein''. 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. 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. In 2011, he went to Los Angeles to join a production work shop in UCLA. In 2014, Chopra produced two films. ''

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film '' The Longest Week'', a

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starring Olivia Wilde and

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. It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary

production house YRF Entertainment.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

Chopra received an

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nomination for Outstanding Television Movie for producing

at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chopra, Uday Male actors from Mumbai Indian male film actors Indian male voice actors Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian male actors 1973 births International Indian Film Academy Awards winners