With
Love
From
KJo
Karan
Johar
in
an
interview
with
Outlook
magazine
recollected,
"My
introduction
to
the
Yash
Chopra
school
was
his
film
Kabhi
Kabhie.
I
was
obsessed
with
it,
went
crazy
when
I
saw
it
the
first
time.
I
had
formed
this
mental
picture
in
which
the
maker
of
the
film
was
this
dynamic
superstar,
someone
larger
than
life.
Then
one
night
Yash
uncle
and
his
wife,
Pam
aunty,
came
home
for
dinner.
It
was
a
weeknight
and
I
had
been
tucked
into
bed
early
for
school
the
next
day.
I
remember
I
had
told
the
servant
to
wake
me
up
when
he
arrived.
I
saw
him
through
the
door
that
I
had
deliberately
kept
ajar.
And
my
immediate
reaction
was
"but
he
looks
like
my
father".
Yash
Chopra
&
His
Penchant
For
Swiss
Alps
Explaining
the
filmmaker's
affinity
for
snow-capped
romances
in
Switzerland,
his
wife
Pamela
Chopra
once
revealed,
"Switzerland
happened
because
we
could
no
longer
go
to
Kashmir.
That
was
the
only
reason.
Plus,
the
infrastructure
in
Switzerland is
so
simple
that
anybody
can
go
and
shoot
there;
you
hardly
need
any
permission.
In
India,
if
you
have
to
shoot
in
a
train,
you
have
to
start
the
paperwork
six
months
ahead
with
various
organisations.
But
there,
the
person
who
is
present
at
the
station
is
in
charge
and
he
has
the
authority
to
tell
you
whether
you
can
shoot
or
not.
Unlike
Kashmir,
all
the
picturesque
places
in
Switzerland were
easily
accessible
by
road.
When
a
film
unit
moves,
it
moves
with
a
generator
and
so
much
equipment,
so
you
need
that
convenience."
He
Pulled
Off
One
Of
The
Most
Controversial
Casting
Coup
With
Silsila
In
a
BBC
interview,
Yash
Chopra
admitted,
"I
was
always
on
tenterhooks
and
scared
(during
Silsila)
because
it
was
real
life
coming
into
reel
life."
Silsila
was
supposed
to
star
Parveen
Babi
and
Smita
Patil
opposite
Amitabh
Bachchan.
"It
was
Amitji
who
asked
me
if
I
was
happy...
content
with
the
casting
(Smita,
Parveen
and
Amitabh)
and
do
I
feel
it
is
the
ideal
casting.
I
told
him
I
wanted
to
cast
him,
Jayaji
and
Rekha.
He
took
a
long
pause
and
told
me
that
he
was
fine
with
the
decision
but
asked
me
to
convince
the
two
actresses,"
the
director
had
once
opened
up
in
an
interview.
Later,
the
filmmaker
met
Jaya
Bachchan
and
Rekha
and
both
of
them
agreed
to
do
the
film.
"I
had
told
both
(Jaya
and
Rekha)
of
them
that
koi
gadbadi
na
ho
(hope
there
will
be
no
disturbance
on
the
sets),"
chuckled
Chopra,
who
seemed
to
be
referring
to
the
real-life
tension
between
the
leading
ladies,
courtesy
their
love
for
Big
B.
'He
Was
Romantic
In
His
Movies,
But
In
Real
Life,
He
Was
A
Very
Practical
Man'
"He
was
romantic
in
his
movies,
but
in
real
life,
he
was
a
very
practical
man.
There
was
a
child
inside
him,
like
if
he
was
hungry
he
had
to
eat
at
that
very
moment.
If
he
was
sleepy,
he
would
just
leave
everything
and
go
to
sleep.
He
was
a
completely
different
person
at
home
and
at
work.
At
work,
he
was
very
efficient,
and
in
control
of
things.
At
home,
he
didn't
bother.
He
allowed
me
to
manage
the
house
the
way
I
wanted
to,"
his
wife
revealed
in
an
interview.
Meanwhile,
Here
Are
Some
Rare
Pics
Of
Yash
Chopra
Here's
a
picture
from
Yash
Chopra's
wedding
day
where
Rajesh
Khanna
is
all
smiles.
A
Film
Which
Never
Saw
The
Daylight
Yash
Chopra
and
Sridevi
on
the
sets
of
Tera
Andaz
which
was
shelved.