Legendary director Yash Chopra passes away

Mumbai: One of Bollywood’s living legends, filmmaker Yash Chopra passed away today in Mumbai’s Lilawati Hospital, after fighting a battle with the deadly dengue fever.

Yash Chopra was admitted to hospital on October 11 after it was found that he was suffering from dengue. His blood platelets level had come down alarmingly low.

Yash Chopra’s family members were with him by the bedside when he took his last breath.

Film star rani Mukherjee alongwith her mother had gone to see Yash Chopra at around 2 pm. The legendary director was declared dead by doctors at around 5 pm, due to multi-organ failure caused by declining platelet count.

Chopra has been in critical condition since Saturday night.