Early life

Chopra grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. He is of Punjabi descent and his parents are originally from Peshawar. His love of Hindi cinema and support of his family encouraged him to study film direction. For this purpose, he went to Pune and studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India.

Career

Chopra's first student short, Murder at Monkey Hill, won the National Film Award for Best Short Experimental Film and the Guru Dutt Memorial Award for Best Student Film.

This was followed by a short documentary highlighting the plight of India's destitute children, called An Encounter with Faces, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category in 1979. It also won the Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival in 1980.

Films

His first feature film, shot in black-and-white, was Sazaa-E-Maut (Death Penalty) - a thriller made on a shoestring budget with then-unknown actor Naseeruddin Shah and editor Renu Saluja, who were his fellow students at FTII, Pune. His critically acclaimed films include Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Mission Kashmir, the Munna Bhai series, Parineeta, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, and 3 Idiots.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role(s)
2016	Wazir	Producer, writer, editor
2015	Broken Horses	Producer, director, writer
2014	PK	Producer
2012	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	Producer, writer
2009	3 Idiots	Producer, Screenplay Associate
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Producer, director, writer
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Producer, Screenplay Associate, lyricist
2005	Parineeta	Producer, Story and Dialogue Writer, Supervising Editor
2003	Munna Bhai MBBS	Producer, writer
2000	Mission Kashmir	Producer, director, writer
1998	Kareeb	Producer, director, writer
1994	1942: A Love Story	Producer, director, writer
1989	Parinda	Producer, director, writer
1985	Khamosh	Producer, director, writer
1983	Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro	Actor, Production Controller
1981	Sazaye Maut	Director, writer
1978	An Encounter with Faces	Director (Documentary)
1976	Murder At Monkey Hill	Director (Diploma film), writer, Actor (Akhtar)

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

• 2009: Winner, Filmfare Best Film Award for 3 Idiots
• 2009: Winner, Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for 3 Idiots
• 2006: Winner, Filmfare Best Story Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
• 2005: Nominated, Filmfare Best Movie Award for Parineeta
• 2004: Winner, Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
• 2001: Nominated, Filmfare Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir
• 2001: Nominated, Filmfare Best Movie Award for Mission Kashmir
• 1995: Nominated, Filmfare Best Director Award for 1942: A Love Story
• 1990: Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award for Parinda

National Awards

• 1977: Best Short Experimental Film for Murder at Monkey Hill
• 2004: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
• 2006: Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director for Parineeta (as producer)
• 2007: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Lage Raho Munnabhai
• 2007: Best Screenplay for Lage Raho Munnabhai
• 2010: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for 3 Idiots

IIFA Awards

• 2007: Winner, IIFA Best Screenplay Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
• 2001: Nominated, IIFA Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir
• 2010: Winner, IIFA Best Screenplay Award for 3 idiots

Stardust Awards

• 2009: Winner, Readers' Choice Award for 3 Idiots

FICCI Awards

• 2009: Winner, Most Successful Film of the Year for 3 Idiots

Zee Cine Awards

• 2007: Winner, Best Screenplay Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
• 2005: Winner, Best Dialogue Award for Parineeta
• 2005: Winner, Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir

Tampere International Short Film Festival

• 1980: Winner, Grand Prix for An Encounter with Faces

Star Screen Awards

• 2006: Winner, Best Film for Lage Raho Munnabhai
• 2006: Nominated, Best Screenplay for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
• 2009: Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Film, 3 Idiots
• 2009: Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay, 3 Idiots

[ Source: Wikipedia ]