Uday Chopra

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 film 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 Rani Mukerji. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the Yash Raj Films banner.<ref name="Times">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In July 2012, Chopra founded his own company, "Yomics", which creates comics based on Yash Raj Films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

In 1994, Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay Kumar, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. He made his acting debut in Mohabbatein (2000).<ref name="Times"/> Chopra had 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, he went to Los Angeles to join a production work shop in UCLA.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, Chopra produced two films. Grace of Monaco was the biography film about Grace Kelly starring Nicole Kidman in the leading role. He produced the Hollywood film The Longest Week, a comedy drama starring Olivia Wilde and Jason Bateman. It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary Hollywood production house YRF Entertainment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Chopra began dating actress Tanishaa Mukerji during the filming of Neal 'n' Nikki (2005). They broke up after two years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Chopra began dating Nargis Fakhri in 2013. The relationship attracted substantial media coverage in India and they speculated on an impending marriage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the couple broke up towards the end of 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Lamhe	Template:N/a	Assistant director
1993	Parampara	Template:N/a
	Darr	Template:N/a
1994	Yeh Dillagi	Template:N/a	Producer
1995	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge	Biker in front of Simran	Template:No wrap Also assistant director
1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Template:N/a	Assistant director
2000	Mohabbatein	Vikram Kapoor	Also associate producer
2002	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Sanjay Malhotra
	Mujhse Dosti Karoge!	Rohan Verma
2003	Supari	Aryan Pandit
	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Day 6 Announcer	Cameo appearance
2004	Charas: A Joint Operation	Ashraf
	Dhoom	Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
	Veer-Zaara	Template:N/a	Associate producer
2005	Neal 'n' Nikki	Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia
2006	Dhoom 2	Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
2010	Pyaar Impossible	Abhay Sharma	Also producer and screenwriter
2013	Dhoom 3	Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
2014	Grace of Monaco	Template:N/a	Producer
	The Longest Week	Template:N/a

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	The Romantics	Himself	Documentary; also executive producer
	The Railway Men	Template:N/a	Executive producer

Awards and nominations

• Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for the Grace of Monaco<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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