Yash worked as an assistant for "I. S. Chopra" and later he was working for his brother, who was also in the movie industry, "Baldev R. Chopra". Baldev provided Yash an opportunity to direct his first movie which was named as "Dhool Ka Phool" and was released in 1959. Yash later set up his own company under the name "Yash Raj Films" and the first movie to be released under this company was "Daag" in 1973.