Bedecked with flowers, Chopra's body was brought to the Pawan Hans crematorium in Juhu in an ambulance, with only family members and close friends inside, including his sons Aditya and Uday, and actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.

The mortal remains of the 80-year-old filmmaker were consigned to flames amid the presence of his family members, relatives and a number of Bollywood celebrities.

The body was kept at the Yash Raj Films studio since last night for people to pay their respects.

Several Bollywood celebrities, including Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Prasoon Joshi, Mukesh Bhatt, Raj Kundra, Suresh Oberoi, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Kiran Rao, Rohit Shetty, Bharat Shah, Adnan Sami, Rajpal Yadav and Homi Adjania were present at the crematorium.

There was chaos outside the Yash Raj Films studio as hundreds of people turned up to catch a glimpse of the filmmaker.

Chopra passed away at the Lilavati hospital at 5.30 pm yesterday due to dengue and multiple organ failure.