Who Was Pamela Chopra? Singer And YRF Matriarch Passes Away At 85

Legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra's wife Pamela Chopra passed away on 20 April at the age of 85, as per a report by Filmfare.

Pamela Chopra was reportedly admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati hospital for the past 15 days and passed away due to age-related illnesses. She was the mother of YRF head Aditya Chopra and actor Uday Chopra. Aditya is married to actor Rani Mukherji.

Who was Pamela Chopra?

Pamela was a playback singer, film producer and writer in her own right. She sang songs for several hit films, including Kabhie Kabhie, Noorie, Kaala Patthar, Silsila, Chandni, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, and Mujhse Dosti Karoge!.

She was a also frequent collaborator with her late husband and was credited as the writer and costume designer in some of the popular YRF films. One of her most famous songs was Chandni’s ‘Main Sasural Nahi Jaungi’ and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s ‘Ghar Aaja Pardesi’ where she shared credit with Manpreet Kaur.

Pamela was last seen in the YRF documentary The Romantics where she spoke about her husband Yash Chopra and his journey in building the film production house Yash Raj Films. On the show, Pamela recounted on how the late filmmaker would reach out to her to understand how the female perspective works.

In a recent interview with Press Trust of India, Mukerji said it was Pamela Chopra’s influence that led Yash Chopra to write beautiful parts for women. “I truly believe it had to do a lot with Pam Aunty’s (Pamela Chopra) influence in his life that drove him to write such beautiful parts for women. I have always been in awe of how he presented his heroines on screen, and secretly always wished to be the quintessential ‘Yash Chopra heroine’,” she said.