Private | |
Founded | 1970 |
Founder | Yash Chopra |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people
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Aditya Chopra (Chairman and Managing Director) Uday Chopra (Director) Pamela Chopra (Director) Rani Mukerji (Director) Aashish Singh (Vice President - Production) Rohan Malhotra (Vice President - Distribution) |
Products |
Movies Studio Production Distribution Marketing Music Home Video Talent Management Vfx Post production Brand Partnerships Licensing Merchandising Special Effects Digital |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | www |
Yash Raj Films (YRF) is an Indian film production and distribution company that works in Hindi cinema.
YRF was founded by the Late Yash Chopra, a veteran of the Indian film industry, in 1970. Yash Chopra started out as an assistant to his elder brother, B.R.Chopra, and went on to direct five films for his brother's banner - B.R.Films. He has wielded the baton, additionally, for 4 films made by other film companies. Out of the 52 films produced by YRF till 2012, Yash Chopra directed 13. Shah Rukh Khan has played the lead role in nine movies produced by Yash Raj Films most of them directed by Yash Chopra or his son Aditya Chopra. It’s the only privately held and fully integrated studio in India producing and having produced over 70 films. YRF controls almost every part of the value chain from production to post production, domestic & international distribution, music & home entertainment, marketing, design, digital, licensing, merchandising, talent management, brand partnerships, music studios and film studios - all in-house facilities. YRF has its own fully integrated studio that houses shooting stages, sound studios and is headquartered in Mumbai.
In India, YRF has a network of distribution offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Amravati, Indore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Kochi. Internationally, there are offices in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the United Arab Emirates.