Mumbai: Yash Raj Films (YRF) paid a special tribute to Pamela Chopra through a video which it shared on social media.
Pamela, wife of reputed filmmaker and YRF founder Yash Chopra, died in a Mumbai hospital on April 20.
Pamela, who worked behind the scenes, has done everything — from a writer to costume designer and singer.
The video highlights some of Pamela’s contributions to the banner and the films it produced.
“Our heartfelt tribute to Mrs Pamela Yash Chopra. Her memories will be engraved in our hearts, jab tak hai jaan (until there is life),” Yash Raj Films captioned the video.
Not many are aware that Pamela lent her voice for songs like Ghar Aaja Pardesi (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge), Meri Maa Ne Laga Diye (Darr), Meri Banno Ki Aayegi Baraat (Aaina) and Main Sasural Nahi Jaaungi (Chandni) – all of which are featured in the video.
Pamela can be seen recalling one of her playback singing opportunities.
“I was actually dubbing for Lataji. I was doing a dub, but to my greatest pleasure and happiness, I can’t tell you… Jatin-Lalit told me, ‘No, you have sung it so beautifully. We don’t want to dub it.’ I can’t tell you what I felt at that time,” Pamela says.
Watch YRF’s tribute to Pamela here:
Our heartfelt tribute to Mrs. Pamela Yash Chopra. Her memories will be engraved in our hearts, jab tak hai jaan ♾ pic.twitter.com/V98K2owaQv
— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) April 22, 2023
Pamela, who lost her husband Yash on October 21, 2012, is survived by her sons Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra, daughter-in-law Rani Mukerji and granddaughter Adira Chopra.
Pamela’s last on-screen appearance was in the Netflix docu-series ‘The Romantics’ earlier this year, which talked about Yash’s film career and legacy of the film studio.
