Actress Parineeti Chopra shared anecdotes of Yash Chopra when she attended a memorial award ceremony, where veteran singer Asha Bhosle was feted in memory of late filmmaker.
She said at the event: “Even though I was never be directed by Yash Chopra sir, but he was the cutest, sweetest and friendliest mentor to have.”
The actress made her debut under Chopra’s production house, Yash Raj Films, with Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. This was followed up by Ishaqzaade, Shuddh Desi Romance, Kill Dil and Daawat-E-Ishq, among others.
Reflecting back on the filmmaker, Parineeti said: “One day when my first film Ladies vs Ricky Bahl had just released and I was shooting for my second film Ishaqzaade, I was on the set at 6.30am and suddenly I got a call from Yash Chopra sir.
“At that time, I panicked because I thought I had made some mistakes because I was very new at that point. But when I picked his call, he said something so special that it made me cry.
“He said, ‘Yesterday I saw your film Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and thank you for being part of my film’. I couldn’t believe that the great Yash Chopra was saying this to me and I just realised in that instance that there is nothing bigger than humility. The bigger you become, the more humble you should become and that is something that I always remember Yashji for.”
Chopra will be seen on screen in Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s Namastey England and Dharma Productions’ Kesari.
