Yash Chopra Portrayed His Heroines With Great Dignity: Raakhee Gulzar

Yash Chopra

“Yash wasn’t too heavily into technical aspects of filmmaking. He went by the heart. His approach to film-making was lyrical.There was no vulgarity about his presentation. And he was fascinated with femininity. He had a certain image and vision of the ideal woman. You won’t find his heroines behaving, dressing or talking loudly. There was a great dignity in his women. And I think he continued portraying his heroines as ‘Chandni’ till his last film. He portrayed the man-woman relationship in all its splendor. Yash was a thinker on the sets. He never raised his voice. I remember he used to put his hand in his coat and he’d stare towards the sky. What did he think about? I wonder! He had a great team to execute his vision.The last film I did with Yash was ‘Kala Patthar’. Then I ceased to be heroine-material. Sridevi and then Madhuri Dixit played Yash’s ideal woman. One has to make way. Just like before me there was Mala Sinha, Sharmila Tagore and Sadhana in Yash Chopra’s films. The older must make way for the young. But I really enjoyed the variety of roles I did with Yash. I played Rishi Kapoor’s mother in ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ and his beloved in ‘Doosra Aadmi’.”

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