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Chopra, the third of six children of Ranbir Lal and Rooprani Chopra, a [[Punjabi Hindus|Punjabi Hindu]] family, was born on 23 September 1935, in [[Lahore]].<ref name="fridaymoviez">[http://www.fridaymoviez.com/celebrity/biography/prem-chopra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064208/http://www.fridaymoviez.com/celebrity/biography/prem-chopra |date=26 March 2018 }}, fridaymoviez.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web |url=http://www.premchopra.com/profile.htm |title=Prem Chopra: Official site |access-date=22 December 2008 |archive-date=24 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124163613/http://premchopra.com/profile.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[partition of India]], his family moved to [[Shimla|Simla]] (present-day Shimla), where he was brought up.<ref name="fridaymoviez"/> He has studied in [[S.D. Senior Secondary School, Shimla]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/bollywood-actor-prem-chopra-turns-emotional-after-reaching-sd-school-at-shimla|title=आखिर क्यों नम हुईं प्रेम चोपड़ा की आंखें?|website=Amar Ujala|access-date=2019-11-25|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011183130/https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/bollywood-actor-prem-chopra-turns-emotional-after-reaching-sd-school-at-shimla|url-status=live}}</ref> His father desired for him to be a doctor or an Indian Administrative Services Officer.<ref name="prem1"/> | Chopra, the third of six children of Ranbir Lal and Rooprani Chopra, a [[Punjabi Hindus|Punjabi Hindu]] family, was born on 23 September 1935, in [[Lahore]].<ref name="fridaymoviez">[http://www.fridaymoviez.com/celebrity/biography/prem-chopra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064208/http://www.fridaymoviez.com/celebrity/biography/prem-chopra |date=26 March 2018 }}, fridaymoviez.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web |url=http://www.premchopra.com/profile.htm |title=Prem Chopra: Official site |access-date=22 December 2008 |archive-date=24 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124163613/http://premchopra.com/profile.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[partition of India]], his family moved to [[Shimla|Simla]] (present-day Shimla), where he was brought up.<ref name="fridaymoviez"/> He has studied in [[S.D. Senior Secondary School, Shimla]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/bollywood-actor-prem-chopra-turns-emotional-after-reaching-sd-school-at-shimla|title=आखिर क्यों नम हुईं प्रेम चोपड़ा की आंखें?|website=Amar Ujala|access-date=2019-11-25|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011183130/https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/bollywood-actor-prem-chopra-turns-emotional-after-reaching-sd-school-at-shimla|url-status=live}}</ref> His father desired for him to be a doctor or an Indian Administrative Services Officer.<ref name="prem1"/> | ||
Chopra completed his schooling and college from Shimla after his father, who was a government servant, got transferred there.<ref name="cineplot.com">{{Cite web |author=admin |date=21 October 2012 |title=Prem Chopra – Memories |website=Cineplot.com |url=http://cineplot.com/prem-chopra-memories/ |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152158/http://cineplot.com/prem-chopra-memories/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from Panjab University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplefreshlook.com/actors/prem-chopra/|title = Prem Chopra (Actor) Salary, Family, Education, Hobbies & Photos | People Fresh Look}}</ref><ref>http://www.puchd.ac.in</ref | Chopra completed his schooling and college from Shimla after his father, who was a government servant, got transferred there.<ref name="cineplot.com">{{Cite web |author=admin |date=21 October 2012 |title=Prem Chopra – Memories |website=Cineplot.com |url=http://cineplot.com/prem-chopra-memories/ |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152158/http://cineplot.com/prem-chopra-memories/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from Panjab University.<ref name="official"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplefreshlook.com/actors/prem-chopra/|title = Prem Chopra (Actor) Salary, Family, Education, Hobbies & Photos | People Fresh Look}}</ref><ref>http://www.puchd.ac.in</ref> He took part in college dramatics enthusiastically. At his father's insistence, he completed his graduation and then went to [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (present-day Mumbai).<ref name="prem1" /> Soon after he made his debut film, his mother was diagnosed with mouth cancer and she died, leaving his then nine-year-old sister Anju to be looked after by his father and his four other brothers. The brothers had given warning to their respective wives that only if their sister is happy, would they be happy and Prem considers his sister to be his first daughter.<ref name="2014 interview" /> Noted writer-director Lekh Tandon brought the proposal of Uma for marriage to Prem. Uma was the younger sister of the siblings Krishna Kapoor (wife of [[Raj Kapoor]]), [[Prem Nath]] and [[Rajendranath]].<ref name="prem1" /> The couple have three daughters, Rakita, Punita and Prerna Chopra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |title=Uma |access-date=15 February 2011 |archive-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111081319/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> Rakita is married to film publicity designer Rahul Nanda, the son of author and screenwriter [[Gulshan Nanda]]. Punita owns a pre-school called Wind Chimes in [[Bandra]], suburban Mumbai, and is married to singer and television actor [[Vikas Bhalla]]. Prerna is married to Bollywood actor [[Sharman Joshi]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-when-we-saw-dad-in-negative-roles-it-affected-us/20130207.htm | title=Seeing Dad in negative roles affected us badly | access-date=11 March 2014 | archive-date=11 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152800/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-when-we-saw-dad-in-negative-roles-it-affected-us/20130207.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Chopra resides in a duplex apartment in [[Pali Hill]], Bandra in Mumbai.<ref name="prem1">{{Cite web | url=http://www.premchopra.com/int_screen_2009.html | title=Official website of actor Prem Chopra | access-date=6 April 2014 | archive-date=25 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725220158/http://www.premchopra.com/int_screen_2009.html | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
He became estranged with two of his four brothers in the late 1980s. Chopra had bought a bungalow in 1980 in [[Delhi]], which was jointly owned by him and his father, and his father and one brother used to stay there. Chopra had gotten his brother a job in Delhi, and made him stay at the bungalow. But his father, a day before his death, was made to sign a will favouring one of his brothers, taking away Chopra's rights to the bungalow.<ref name="2014 interview"/> Later, an income tax raid happened in that same house, and his brother said in the raid that Chopra had given them the bungalow, but the house still was in name of Prem Chopra.<ref name="2014 interview"/> Chopra had two other houses in Bombay as well, which were sold off cheaply by his other brothers without telling him, as they needed the money.<ref name="2014 interview"/> | He became estranged with two of his four brothers in the late 1980s. Chopra had bought a bungalow in 1980 in [[Delhi]], which was jointly owned by him and his father, and his father and one brother used to stay there. Chopra had gotten his brother a job in Delhi, and made him stay at the bungalow. But his father, a day before his death, was made to sign a will favouring one of his brothers, taking away Chopra's rights to the bungalow.<ref name="2014 interview"/> Later, an income tax raid happened in that same house, and his brother said in the raid that Chopra had given them the bungalow, but the house still was in name of Prem Chopra.<ref name="2014 interview"/> Chopra had two other houses in Bombay as well, which were sold off cheaply by his other brothers without telling him, as they needed the money.<ref name="2014 interview"/> | ||