Yash Chopra's would have turned 81 today, September 27, had he been alive.

The versatile director who passed away last year gave us some of the finest films.

We look back at some of our best memories of the veteran filmmaker on rediff.com.

Yash Chopra's contribution to Indian cinema has been huge, and he's told some great stories through his movies.

In his career, which began in 1969, Chopra had made an extraordinarily grand and invaluable contribution to Hindi cinema through his vivid interpretations of romance, comments on pedantic social structures, fascinating journeys into the human psyche, larger-than-life portrayals of the anti-hero and an undying celebration of life, culture, beauty and nature.

Of the 22 films he's directed himself, some are outright classics, others are nice but even his most middling efforts are immensely watchable.

We pay a tribute to the legend with this compilation of his Best Films.

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Many filmmakers form such a fine tuning with their actors that they tend to work with them again and again. 

Yash Chopra enjoyed that comfort and prolific rapport with some of the actors he worked with, ranging from Amitabh Bachchan to Shah Rukh Khan. 

Click here to read Yash Chopra's favourite actors.

There are so many scenes in Chopra's movies that have made us laugh and cry, many of them making it to our personal lists of favourite scenes of all times.

Here, we take a look at some of our favourite scenes from Chopra's films.

Want to hear Yash Chopra in his own voice?

We present excerpts of conversations through the years.

Want to see rare pictures of the filmmaker over the years? Just click here!

Amitabh Bachchan, who worked in memorable Yash Chopra films like Kabhi Kabhie and Silsila, paid a moving tribute to the veteran filmmaker in his blog post.

The legendary actor, who'd known Chopra for over 40 years and last met him during his birthday celebrations reminisced about the precious moments he spent in the late filmmaker's company as he paid him last visit at the Yash Raj Studio in Andheri, a western Mumbai suburb.

We present some excerpts here.

Did you know Parveen Babi was the first choice for Rekha's role in Silsila?

Yash Chopra's life and films may have been an open book but there are some facts even his most loyal fans may not know.

So how much do you know? Test your Yash Chopra knowledge with this quiz!

Yash Chopra definitely knew how to entertain, writes our columnist Aseem Chhabra.

Not many know who Yash Chopra really was, and how he became one of the top directors in Hindi cinema.

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We salute Yash Chopra, who lived his life like his last film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Dinesh Raheja pays his tribute.