Salaam Namaste, Yash Chopra.

With Shah Rukh Khan

Yet again, Bollywood is in mourning. Yet again, a legend, a stalwart, is taken from us. Yet again, it is a man who redefined romance in the films (as though Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna weren’t enough of a loss for us, over the span of a year).

We take a look at maverick film-maker Yash Chopra at his sociable best over the years, and the pictures are a testament to the fact that he was universally loved and adored:

With Amitabh Bachchan

With Rani Mukherjee

With Dilip Kumar

With Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hugh Jackman and Karan Johar

With Tabu

With Luv & Kush Sinha

Yash Chopra with his wife, Pam Chopra

With Karan Johar

With Shah Rukh Khan

With younger son, Uday Chopra

With Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Anil Kapoor and Rakesh Roshan

With Asha Bhosle

With Madhuri Dixit Nene and Dr. Sriram Nene

With Dilip Kumar

With Asha Parekh

Ashutosh Gowarikar, Karan Johar, Yash Chopra, Farah Khan, Ronnie Screwalla and Zarina Mehta

With Poonam Dhillon

With Ramesh Sippy

Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Yash Chopra

With Rani Mukherjee and Salman Khan

Pix: Yogen Shah for MissMalini