Uday Chopra

Uday Raj Chopra (born 5 January 1973) is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of filmmaker Yash Chopra. He made his acting debut in the 2000 film Mohabbatein and featured in several other films including Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Dhoom (2004), Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dhoom 3 (2013).

Early life He is the son of director Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra. His brother is filmmaker Aditya Chopra and his sister-in-law is the actress Rani Mukerji. Chopra worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's films under the Yash Raj Films banner.

In July 2012, Chopra founded his own company, "Yomics", which creates comics based on Yash Raj Films.

Career In 1994, Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay Kumar, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. He made his acting debut in Mohabbatein (2000). Although praised for his performance as Ali Akbar Fateh Khan in the first installment, a role he reprised in both the sequels, the sequels were met with mixed reviews.

In 2011, he went to Los Angeles to join a production work shop in UCLA.

In 2014, Chopra produced two films. Grace of Monaco was the biography film about Grace Kelly starring Nicole Kidman in the leading role. He produced the Hollywood film The Longest Week, a comedy drama starring Olivia Wilde and Jason Bateman. It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary Hollywood production house YRF Entertainment.

Personal life Chopra began dating actress Tanishaa Mukerji during the filming of Neal 'n' Nikki (2005). They broke up after two years.

Chopra began dating Nargis Fakhri in 2013. The relationship attracted substantial media coverage in India and they speculated on an impending marriage. However, the couple broke up towards the end of 2017.

Filmography Film As an actor

Year Title Role Notes 1995 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Biker in front of Simran Uncredited cameo 2000 Mohabbatein Vikram Kapoor 2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Sanjay Malhotra Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Rohan Verma 2003 Supari Aryan Pandit Kal Ho Naa Ho Day 6 Announcer Cameo appearance 2004 Charas: A Joint Operation Ashraf Dhoom Ali Akbar Fateh Khan 2005 Neal 'n' Nikki Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia 2006 Dhoom 2 Ali Akbar Fateh Khan 2010 Pyaar Impossible Abhay Sharma 2013 Dhoom 3 Ali Akbar Fateh Khan

As producer and writer

Other crew positions Year Title Role Notes 1991 Lamhe Assistant director 1993 Parampara Darr 1995 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge 1997 Dil To Pagal Hai 2000 Mohabbatein Associate producer 2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Mujhse Dosti Karoge! 2004 Veer-Zaara

Television Year Title Role Notes 2023 The Romantics Himself Documentary; also executive producer The Railway Men Executive producer 2025Mandala Murders

Awards and nominations

Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for the Grace of Monaco