Prem Chopra

Prem Chopra occupies a place in Hindi cinema I find genuinely fascinating: the villain audiences loved to hate for three straight decades. Over 380 films across more than sixty years is an absurd statistic, but the deeper achievement is tonal, making menace entertaining without tipping into camp, then aging gracefully into character roles. Born in Lahore in 1935 and educated at Punjab University, he chose screen wickedness as a craft and perfected it. Heroes date quickly; great villains become folklore, and Chopra's smirk is folklore. For me he proves that the actors who define an era are often the ones standing opposite the star.

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Name (English)

Prem Chopra

Name (Japanese)

プレム・チョープラー

Reading

ぷれむ・ちょーぷらー

Born

September 23, 1935 (age 90)

Origin

Lahore, Lahore District, Pakistan

Occupation

actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

University

University of the Punjab

• Official sitehttp://www.premchopra.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prem%20Chopra
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3401588

Tags

• Lahore District
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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