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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1946\|09\|27\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1946\|09\|27\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place =		\| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British Punjab]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|11\|12\|1946\|9\|27\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|11\|12\|1946\|9\|27\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place =		\| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
	\| occupation = {{hlist\|~~Producer~~\|~~director~~}}		\| education = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]])
			\| occupation = {{hlist\|Director\|producer\|screenwriter}}
			\| years_active = 1969-2009
	\| father = [[B.R. Chopra]]		\| father = [[B.R. Chopra]]
	\| spouse = Renu Chopra		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Renu Chopra\|1975}}
	\| ~~relatives~~ = [[List of Hindi film clans#Chopra_family\|Chopra ~~family~~]]		\| children = 2
			\| family = [[List of Hindi film clans#Chopra_family\|Chopra]]
	}}		}}
	'''Ravi Chopra''' (27 September 1946 – 12 November 2014) was an Indian film producer and director. He was the son of producer and director [[Baldev Raj Chopra]] and nephew of producer and director [[Yash Chopra]]. [[Aditya Chopra]] and [[Uday Chopra]] are his cousins. He is known for directing the epic Indian television series ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|Mahabharat]]'', ''[[Vishnu Puran (TV series)\|Vishnu Puran]]'' and ''[[Aap Beeti (TV series)\|Aap Beeti]]''.

			'''Ravi Chopra''' (27 September 1946 – 12 November 2014) was an [[India]]n film and television director, producer and screenwriter.

			==Early life==
			Chopra was the son of producer and director [[Baldev Raj Chopra\|B.R.Chopra]] and nephew of [[Yash Chopra]]. [[Aditya Chopra]] and [[Uday Chopra]] are his cousins.
	== Career ==		== Career ==
	=== Film career ===		=== Film career ===
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	Ravi directed the highly successful television serial ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|Mahabharat]]'', which aired during 1988–1990, and the television [[mini-series]], ''Ramayan'', which was aired in 2002. He also directed mythological shows like Vishnu Puran and Ma Shakti. His TV series Aap Beeti was one of the most popular TV show on Doordarshan National in the early 2000s.		Ravi directed the highly successful television serial ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)\|Mahabharat]]'', which aired during 1988–1990, and the television [[mini-series]], ''Ramayan'', which was aired in 2002. He also directed mythological shows like Vishnu Puran and Ma Shakti. His TV series Aap Beeti was one of the most popular TV show on Doordarshan National in the early 2000s.

	==~~Personal life~~==		==Death==
	~~Chopra was the son of producer and director [[Baldev Raj Chopra\|B.R.Chopra]] and nephew of [[Yash Chopra]].~~ On 23 October 2012, he was diagnosed with a severe lung ailment and was discharged from [[Breach Candy hospital]] after a week. "He was discharged from hospital on October 26," hospital sources said, without going into details. He was being treated for lung cancer at CMC Vellore.<ref>		On 23 October 2012, he was diagnosed with a severe lung ailment and was discharged from [[Breach Candy hospital]] after a week. "He was discharged from hospital on October 26," hospital sources said, without going into details. He was being treated for lung cancer at CMC Vellore.<ref>
	{{cite web \| title = Noted filmmaker Ravi Chopra discharged from Mumbai hospital \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Noted-filmmaker-Ravi-Chopra-discharged-from-Mumbai-hospital/articleshow/17062836.cms?referral=PM \|date= 2 Nov 2012\| access-date = 2014-11-13 \| work = The Times of India }}</ref> Chopra died on 12 November 2014 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where he had been admitted a few days earlier for a lung ailment. He was 68 years old, and survived by his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Filmmaker Ravi Chopra Dies at 68 \|work= NDTV Movies\| url = http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/filmmaker-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68-692528 \|date=12 November 2014\| access-date = 2014-11-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Baghban director Ravi Chopra dies at 68 \| work = Hindustan Times \| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx \| date = 12 November 2014 \| access-date = 2014-11-13 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121041304/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx \| archive-date = 21 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mahabharat-co-director-Ravi-Chopra-dies/movie-review/45130038.cms\|title=Mahabharat co-director Ravi Chopra dies - Times of India}}</ref>		{{cite web \| title = Noted filmmaker Ravi Chopra discharged from Mumbai hospital \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Noted-filmmaker-Ravi-Chopra-discharged-from-Mumbai-hospital/articleshow/17062836.cms?referral=PM \|date= 2 Nov 2012\| access-date = 2014-11-13 \| work = The Times of India }}</ref> Chopra died on 12 November 2014 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where he had been admitted a few days earlier for a lung ailment. He was 68 years old, and survived by his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Filmmaker Ravi Chopra Dies at 68 \|work= NDTV Movies\| url = http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/filmmaker-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68-692528 \|date=12 November 2014\| access-date = 2014-11-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Baghban director Ravi Chopra dies at 68 \| work = Hindustan Times \| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx \| date = 12 November 2014 \| access-date = 2014-11-13 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121041304/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx \| archive-date = 21 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mahabharat-co-director-Ravi-Chopra-dies/movie-review/45130038.cms\|title=Mahabharat co-director Ravi Chopra dies - Times of India}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian movie producer and director (1946-2014)}}
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| name = Ravi Chopra
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|09|27|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|12|1946|9|27|df=yes}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Producer|director}}
| father = [[B.R. Chopra]]
| spouse = Renu Chopra
| relatives = [[List of Hindi film clans#Chopra_family|Chopra family]]
}}
'''Ravi Chopra''' (27 September 1946 – 12 November 2014) was an Indian film producer and director. He was the son of producer and director [[Baldev Raj Chopra]] and nephew of producer and director [[Yash Chopra]]. [[Aditya Chopra]] and [[Uday Chopra]] are his cousins. He is known for directing the epic Indian television series ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]'', ''[[Vishnu Puran (TV series)|Vishnu Puran]]'' and ''[[Aap Beeti (TV series)|Aap Beeti]]''.

== Career ==
=== Film career ===
Chopra started his career assisting his father B.R. Chopra in films like, ''[[Dastaan (1972 film)|Dastaan]]'' (1972) and ''[[Dhund (1973 film)|Dhund]]'' (1973). He also assisted his uncle Yash Chopra in ''[[Ittefaq (1969 film)|Ittefaq]]'' (1969). Eventually, he made his independent directorial debut with ''[[Zameer (1975 film)|Zameer]]'' (1975), produced under the family banner, B. R. Films. In 1980, he directed the ensemble [[disaster film]] ''[[The Burning Train]]'', which over the years is considered a cult classic.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Films-transformed-Chopras-destiny-and-vice-versa/articleshow/3678768.cms?|title=Films transformed Chopra's destiny and vice-versa | newspaper=Times of India | date=6 November 2008 | first=Bharati | last=Dubey | access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> Other films he directed included ''[[Mazdoor]]'' (1983), [[Aaj Ki Awaaz]], ''[[Dahleez (film)|Dehleez]]'' (1986),
[[Pratigyabadh]], ''Kal Ki Awaz'' (1992). Then he, along with his father, directed TV series Mahabharat (1988–89)

Since 2006, the only movies Ravi produced after his father's death was ''[[Bhoothnath]]'' (2008) and ''[[Bhoothnath Returns]]'' (2013). Ravi Chopra was served with a legal notice in 2009 by [[20th Century Fox]], which charged that his upcoming movie ''[[Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai]]'' blatantly plagiarized the 1992 comedy [[My Cousin Vinny]]. Chopra and the production company, Mumbai-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the movie's release was to be delayed until June 2009 by order of the Bombay High Court. Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; this was the first time a Bollywood filmmaker was taken to court by a Hollywood company over the remaking of a film. Fox had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} The film has remained unreleased even after Ravi Chopra's death in 2014.

=== Television career ===
Ravi directed the highly successful television serial ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]'', which aired during 1988–1990, and the television [[mini-series]], ''Ramayan'', which was aired in 2002. He also directed mythological shows like Vishnu Puran and Ma Shakti. His TV series Aap Beeti was one of the most popular TV show on Doordarshan National in the early 2000s.

==Personal life==
Chopra was the son of producer and director [[Baldev Raj Chopra|B.R.Chopra]] and nephew of [[Yash Chopra]]. On 23 October 2012, he was diagnosed with a severe lung ailment and was discharged from [[Breach Candy hospital]] after a week. "He was discharged from hospital on October 26," hospital sources said, without going into details. He was being treated for lung cancer at CMC Vellore.<ref>
{{cite web | title = Noted filmmaker Ravi Chopra discharged from Mumbai hospital | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Noted-filmmaker-Ravi-Chopra-discharged-from-Mumbai-hospital/articleshow/17062836.cms?referral=PM |date= 2 Nov 2012| access-date = 2014-11-13 | work = The Times of India }}</ref> Chopra died on 12 November 2014 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where he had been admitted a few days earlier for a lung ailment. He was 68 years old, and survived by his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web | title = Filmmaker Ravi Chopra Dies at 68 |work= NDTV Movies| url = http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/filmmaker-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68-692528 |date=12 November 2014| access-date = 2014-11-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Baghban director Ravi Chopra dies at 68 | work = Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx | date = 12 November 2014 | access-date = 2014-11-13 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121041304/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/baghban-director-ravi-chopra-dies-at-68/article1-1285306.aspx | archive-date = 21 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mahabharat-co-director-Ravi-Chopra-dies/movie-review/45130038.cms|title=Mahabharat co-director Ravi Chopra dies - Times of India}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
|-
! scope="row" | 1975
| ''[[Zameer (1975 film)|Zameer]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1978
| ''[[Tumhari Kasam]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1980
| ''[[The Burning Train]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1983
| ''[[Mazdoor]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Dahleez (film)|Dahleez]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1991
| ''[[Pratigyabadh]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1992
| ''[[Kal Ki Awaz]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2003
| ''[[Baghban (2003 film)|Baghban]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| ''[[Baabul (2006 film)|Baabul]]''
|-
|}

=== Television shows ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
|-
! scope="row" | 1988–1990
| ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2000–2002
| ''[[Vishnu Puran (TV series)|Vishnu Puran]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2001–2002
| ''[[Ramayan (2001 TV series)|Ramayan]]''
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0159162}}

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