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Pictures: Romantic dreamer Yash Chopra's favourite place - Switzerland
A complete picture of beautiful and lively exotic locations, lovely heroines with beautiful costumes (especially chiffon sari), melodious songs and unforgettable romantic stories come to your mind when you remember Yash Chopra. And when you think of Yash Chopra's exotic locations, one place that strikes your mind is Switzerland - One of the richest countries in the world. By capturing both beauty of Switzerland as well as beautiful and romantic couple, Yash Chopra created his own style of filmmaking and no doubt that's the reason he is called King Of Romance. In short, we can say Switzerland is this Romantic dreamer's favourite place.
Yash Chopra was honoured by the Swiss Government for rediscovering. On behalf of Swiss Government, he was presented a Special Award by Ursula Andress. In Switzerland, Yash Chopra shot at a lake in the Alpenrausch so often that it was christened Chopra Lake. To offer a customised entertainment experience to Indian-Movie Fans visiting Switzerland, Yash Raj Films (YRF) & SOTC signed Licensing Agreement with Swiss-based Brandinvest AG.
The romantic dreamer was felicitated with Swiss Ambassador Award by the Embassy of Switzerland. He was honoured with the title 'Ambassador of Interlaken'. A train named after Yash Chopra, was launched by him in Jungfrau Railways in Switzerland. Chopra's love towards Switzerland began during his honeymoon and since then it continued.
Check
out
the
slides
for
the
movies
which
Yash
Chopra
and
his
banner
Yash
Raj
Films
shot
in
Switzerland.
Faasle, Vijay In Switzerland
Yash Chopra introduced Switzerland to Bollywood in 80s. His first film shot in the country was Faasle (1985), which was produced and directed by Yash Chopra himself. The film bombed at the Box office because of its weak storyline and editing. It was debut film of Rohan Kapoor (son of singer Mahinder Kapoor) and actress Farha (niece of Shabana Azmi). The other film which was shot in this country was Vijay (1988), which starred Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Anupam Kher in the lead roles.
Chandni In Switzerland
Chandni
starred
Rishi
Kapoor,
Sridevi
and
Vinod
Khanna
in
the
lead
role.
This
film
made
Switzerland
a
popular
destination
for
Indians
to
visit
as
most
of
the
scenes
and
songs
were
shot
in
the
country.
The
film
also
made
Yash
Chopra's
style
evident.
Rishi
and
Sridevi
running
through
Swiss
mountains
forming
a
beautiful
backdrop
for
the
romantic
couple.
The
dream
sequence
including
song,
was
shot
in
Switzerland.
Also,
the
place
where
Khanna,
who
is
on
business
trip,
meets
Kapoor
was
shot
in
Switzerland.
Darr In Switzerland
Darr, a romantic psychological thriller, directed by Yash Chopra, starred Shahrukh as an obsessed lover, Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla in the lead role. In the movie, Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla go for a honeymoon trip to Switzerland. Few scenes where Sunny, Juhi and Shahrukh meet during the trip were also shot in Swiss. Song 'Tu mere saamne' with Shahrukh (in colourful shirt) and Juhi (in Yash Chopra's trademark costumes: from pullover and leggings to chiffon sari and a mini skirt) was shot on Jungfrau Railways' trains.
DDLJ In Switzerland
DDLJ, which starred Sharukh Khan and Kajol was produced by Yash Chopra. The movie was shot in many places of Switzerland. Kajol's church scene was shot in Switzerland (church interior and exterior were shot in two different places, of which one was Swiss). The railway station where Kajol misses her train was Zweisimmen Railway Station. Song 'Tujhe dekha' was shot in Saanen bridge and Lake Lungerer Lee. Also in the song 'Zara sa jhoom', SRK picks drunk Kajol to the hotel in a horse-carriage along the Gstaad Promenade. The song was also shot at Jungfrau, Switzerland.
Mohabbatein and DTPH In Switzerland
Dil
To
Pagal
Hai
(DTPH),
which
was
directed
and
produced
by
Yash
Chopra,
starring
Shahrukh
Khan,
Maduri
Dixit
and
Karisma
Kapoor
was
also
shot
in
Switzerland.
Mohobbatein,
produced
by
Yash
ji,
starred
Shahrukh,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.
Song
'Humko
Humise'
was
shot
in
Lake
Thun
and
Lake
Amsoldingen
in
the
Bernese
Oberland
in
Switzerland.
MDK And MYKSH In Switzerland
Mujhse
Dosti
Karoge
(MDK),
produced
by
Aditya
Chopra
and
Yash
Chopra,
is
about
the
love
triangle
of
three
friends
played
by
Hrithik
Roshan,
Rani
Mukherjee
and
Kareena
Kapoor.
Few
song
sequences
(Rani
and
Hrithik)
were
shot
in
Switzerland.
Mere
Yaar
Ki
Shaadi
Hai
(MYKSH),
produced
by
Yash
Chopra
and
Aditya
Chopra,
starred
Uday
Chopra,
Jimmy
Shergill,
Bipasha
Basu
and
Tulip
Joshi.
Few
song
sequences
(Uday,
Jummy
and
Tulip)
were
shot
in
Switzerland.
Veer-Zaara And LCMD In Switzerland
Veer-Zaara
directed
by
Yash
Chopra,
starred
Shahrukh
Khan,
Preity
Zinta
and
Rani
Mukherjee.
The
song,
'Yeh
hum
agaye'
was
shot
in
Switzerland.
Laaga
Chunari
Mein
Daag
(LCMD),
the
film
made
under
Yash
Raj
Films,
starred
Rani
Mukerjhee,
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
and
Kunal
Kapoor.
In
the
song,
Ik
Teekhi,
Konkona
and
Kunal
actually
fly
to
Switzerland
(business
trip).
'Zara
Gungunalein',
(Rani
and
Abhishek),
was
shot
at
the
ancient
city
of
Lucerne
in
Switzerland.
Bachna Ae Haseeno In Switzerland
Bachna Ae Haseeno romantic comedy made under Yash Raj Films, starred Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba. Minissha's storyline was inspired by DDLJ which was filmed in the similar locales of Switzerland as DDLJ. Minissha misses her train after getting off at a station in Switzerland. Ranbir and Minissha meet at Rougemont, Vaud, Switzerland and start their scooter trip to Zurich. Song 'Aahista Aahista' was shot at Glacier 3000 (Dog Sledging) in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Yash Chopra's last directorial movie Jab Tak Hai Jaan, which is all set to hit the screen this Diwali, stars Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. Yashji wanted to shoot Katrina, with his trademark style (Katrina with chiffon sari) romancing Shahrukh in the lush meadows of the Swiss Alps. But due to Chopra's demise the trip to Switzerland was cancelled. It is reported that Yash ji's track would be played during the film's end credits.
