Saif Ali Khan has played leading roles in seven of the company's films File:Anushka pk special screening for tendulkar and thackeray.jpgĪnushka Sharma made her acting debut with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), and has since starred in seven other Yash Raj Films' projects File:Katrina Kaif 2011.jpg Preity Zinta starred in three of the company's productions in the 2000s File:Abhi 2013.jpgĪbhishek Bachchan played the lead role in the Dhoom franchise (2004–13) File:Saif at 2014 Stardust.jpg Rani Mukerji has worked with Yash Raj Films on twelve projects, beginning with Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) File:Preity Zinta at an event for ISHKQ IN PARIS.jpg Kajol played the lead role in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Template:Mdash the film with the longest theatrical run in Indian cinema history.
Shah Rukh Khan has worked with Yash Raj Films on nine projects, beginning with Darr (1993) File:Kajol at Dilwale press conference.jpg Sridevi played the title role in Yash Raj Films' most successful film of the 1980s Template:Mdash Chandni (1989) File:Shahrukh interacts with media after KKR's maiden IPL title.jpg Rishi Kapoor has collaborated with Yash Raj Films on ten projects File:Sridevi.jpg Raakhee played the lead female role in four of the five productions of Yash Raj Films in the 1970s File:Amitabh Bachchan December 2013.pngĪmitabh Bachchan has collaborated with Yash Raj Films on six projects, playing leading roles in three of them File:Rishi Kapoor.jpg The most frequent collaborations of the company have been with the actors Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, Saif Ali Khan, and Parineeti Chopra. All four films rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. Yash Raj Films' highest-grossing films came in the 2010s with the spy thriller Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and its 2017 sequel, both starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the third installment of the Dhoom franchise, entitled Dhoom 3 (2013), featuring Aamir Khan, Uday Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan, and the sports drama Sultan (2016), starring Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma. Beginning in 2008, the company introduced a number of new actors such as Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, and Arjun Kapoor. Some of the company's top-grossing films in that decade include Gadhvi's action thrillers Dhoom (2004) and Dhoom 2 (2006), Kohli's romantic thriller Fanaa (2006), Ali's comedy film Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Yash Chopra's romance Veer-Zaara (2004), and Aditya Chopra's dramas Mohabbatein (2000) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008). In addition to directorial ventures from Yash and Aditya Chopra, the company launched several new directors, including Sanjay Gadhvi, Vijay Krishna Acharya, Kunal Kohli, Siddharth Anand, and Shaad Ali.
In the 2000s, Yash Raj Films produced a larger number of films. Other successful releases of the 1990s were Darr (1993) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), both starring Khan.
Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, the film has the longest theatrical run in Indian cinema history. The year 1995 marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra with the highly successful romantic drama Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Yash Raj Films' sole commercial success in the 1980s was the Sridevi-starring romance Chandni. The company had four more releases in the 1970s, including the family drama Kabhie Kabhie and the action film Kaala Patthar, both of which starred Amitabh Bachchan. Yash Raj Films' first release came in 1973 with the Chopra-directed Daag: A Poem of Love, a drama about bigamy, starring Rajesh Khanna, Raakhee and Sharmila Tagore. Yash Raj Films started a film distribution business in 1997, and in addition to distributing their own productions, the company has handled the domestic and/or international distribution of over 40 films from other companies. As of 2019, the company has produced 78 Hindi films, including four that are yet to be released, and one Tamil film.
Yash Raj Films (abbreviated as YRF) is an Indian entertainment company, established by Yash Chopra in 1970, that produces and distributes motion pictures. He directed 13 films for the company between 19. Yash Chopra, the founder of Yash Raj Films, pictured in 2012. Wikipedia list article Template:SHORTDESC:Wikipedia list article