Yash Chopra's death comes at a time when his latest romantic film Jab Tak Hai Jaan was scheduled to release this Diwali.
The film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif was made, after Yash Chopra, at the age of 80, decided to don the director's hat again. This was to be his last film.
Yash Raj Chopra was born on September 27, 1932 in Lahore, then in undivided India.