Lamhe was not his only film that was much ahead of its time. "I made Daag about 30 years ago. It was a very bold film, and even today, people are shy to make it. Kabhi Kabhi, Deewar, Trishul were very different genres of movies," he says.
In fact, Chopra started his film career with a powerful subject. Dhool Ka Phool (1959) revolved around an illegitimate Hindu child, who was abandoned by his parents and raised in a Muslim home. Chopra was only 27 at the time.
"What I said in Dhool Ka Phool was that children are never illegitimate. Parents are. What is the fault of the newborn baby? It's the mother's fault. She doesn't want to face the world with it," he explains.
Even Dil Toh Pagal Hai, one of his biggest hits, showed something different. "For the first time, it showed that a boy and a girl can be best friends without being lovers," Chopra said.
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