Bollywood bids adieu to legendary filmmaker
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Bollywood bids adieu to legendary 1 filmmaker
NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- India's film industry, Bollywood, Monday bid adieu to its legendary filmmaker Yash Raj Chopra who died of dengue in Mumbai Sunday at the age of 80.
All the big names of the film fraternity, including super stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, turned up at Chopra's studio since this morning to have a last glimpse of the veteran film director and film producer, who was best known as the "King of Romance".
The chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan, also went to pay his last respect to Chopra who was said to be busy shooting for his last directorial project -- Jab Tak Hai Jaan, due to be released next month. Later in the evening, he was cremated 2.
The veteran filmmaker, who spent over five decades in Bollywood, died of multiple organ failure at Lilavati hospital where he was admitted on Oct. 13 after contracting dengue, according to doctors.
Chopra, born in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in 1932, made several blockbusters like "Deewar", "Silsila", "Veer 3 Zaara" among others.
He is survived by his wife Pamela and two sons Aditya and Uday.
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )
- He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句
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