Chopra was born in Lahore on 23 September to Ranbirlal and Rooprani Chopra. He was third of six children they had. After partition of India, his family moved to Shimla, India where he was brought up. His father desired that Prem be a doctor.
He graduated from Punjab University. He is 6'2" in height. Chopra married Uma, and they have three daughters: Rakita, Punita and Prerana. Punita is married to actor, Vikas Bhalla, while Prerana Chopra is married to actor, Sharman Joshi.
Career
Chopra joined the newspaper The Times of India in Mumbai in the late 1950s. He kept trying to get a break in films, and in 1962 got a Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh , the film won a National Award and got Prem noticed. Among his early films he played Sukhdev in Shaheed, one of his rare positive leading roles. After Teesri Manzil and Upkaar he was flooded with films as a villain. After Upkaar in 1967 he left The Times of India.
He has ever since been a leading villain in Hindi films. The dialogue "My name is Prem, Prem Chopra" from the film Bobby has been very popular. Another famous Prem Chopra dialogue is "Mai wo bala hu jo sheshay se pathar ko todtee hai" which closely translates to "I am that trouble which crushes stones with glass". Of late, he has started taking comic and character roles too. He had a good career spanning 35 years and was popular for villain roles in Bollywood.
Awards
- 1976 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Do Anjaane
- 2004 - "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award at Atlantic City (United States).
Amongst other awards won the Giants honoured him with the "Lifetime Achievement Award". His talent also meritted him the "Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award" in 1998, the "Lions Club Award", "Ashoka Award", "Ashirwad Award" and the "Punjabi Kala Sangam Award". he is going to take part in jalakh dikhlaja 3
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