Yash Chopra is at No.1 position in historyindia.com polls.

Director Yash Chopra is at No. 1 position in historyindia.com polls. The poll will continue for another week. Yash Chopra is leading the director category. The polls are related to 100 years of Indian cinema. In the directors category, director Raj Kumar Hirani is at number two position. Hrishikesh Mukherjee is at number three position. Raj Kapoor is at number 4 position and Guru Dutt is at number 5 position. Yash Chopra, being a great director and producer deserves to be very popular. But the only reason many voters of the new generation had voted for him because he had died last year, and in filmfare award ceremonies, Shahrukh Khan and others showed the great films of Yash Chopra including Rajender Kumar’s Dhool Ka Phool, Raj Kumar’s Waqt, Amitabh Bacchan’s Dewaar, Shahrukh Khan’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan, etc. Raj Kumar Hirani is a director of the present age. It had not been that difficult for him to get votes. His film The Three Idiots had done maximum business in bollywood films, that is 202 crores. As far as Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt are concerned it is a bit unfair for them to be voted at the same level as that of the modern directors. Raj Kapoor world famous films Barsaat, Awaara, Shree 420 were released more than 60 years ago. Guru Dutt’s films Aarpaar, Mrs. And Mrs 55, Pyaasa were released 60 years ago. Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt had shaped bollywood films and made them modern.The dream sequenes of both the directors had been a trendsetter. Other directors started filmmaking in the 1970s, learned the art of showing dream sequences from the films of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt. The music in the films of both the giants was excellent. So the present generation might have not seen the majority of the films of the legendary directors Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt. So it is a credit that they are still in the first five best directors in the context of popularity.

The music of Yash Chopra’s films were excellent.

Yash Chopra Dilip Kumar Recently on 21st October, 2012, the great filmmaker Yash Chopra died. He had come saw and conquered. One of the reasons of his immense success of films lied in the beautiful music given in majority of films. His film Dhool Ka Phool in 1959 created sensation. Apart from the successful performances of Rajender Kumar, Manmohan Krishan and Mala Sinha, the beautiful songs composed by N Dutta contributed in the success of the film. Rafi’s song “tu hindu banega na mussalman banega” became a cult song. Waqt in 1965 stormed box-office. This time Yash Chopra used Ravi Shankar Sharma as composer. All the songs of Rafi, Mahender Kapoor and Asha Bhosle became super hit. Manna Dey’s song “o meri zohr-jabi” amused the viewers. The songs of Aadmi Aur Insaan in 1969 also became hit. Dharmender, Saira Banu and Feroz Khan were the lead performers in the film. In 1976, Kabhi Kabhi became a musical hit. Khayyam’s composition; Mukesh and Lata’s song “kabhi kabhi mere dil me” created magic. The lyrics of Sahir Ludhianvi were excellent. In 1981, Yash Chopra used Shiv Hari in the film Silsila. Yash Chopra used other composers in the following films. The excellent locations both in India and abroad, the brilliant music, beautiful stories and powerful performances in Yash Chopra still haunts filmlovers in India.