The book details Chopra's birth in 1932 in Lahore, his career both as a director and producer, and his 1970 marriage to the then-playback singer Pamela, with whom he had two sons Aditya and Uday.

The British Film Institute published Yash Chopra on 29 April 2002 in the United Kingdom and Roli Books did so on 30 July in India.

While writing All You Want is Money, All You Need is Love: Sexuality and Romance in Modern India (2000), Dwyer saw Chopra on a televised interview in 1993, which aired following the release of Darr.

Upon its release, the book received mixed reviews, with Dwyer's writing garnering the most appreciation, but her literal translation of Chopra's interviews from Hindi and Urdu to English generated critical negative responses.

The book examines three films Chopra produced and directed that were well-received by audiences and critics, including Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997).

In 1995, he produced Aditya's directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the longest-running film in Indian cinema history.

The British professor and author Rachel Dwyer was teaching at the SOAS University of London and researching for her book All You Want is Money, All You Need is Love: Sexuality and Romance in Modern India (2000) when she saw Chopra for the first time in 1993 on an unmentioned televised interview.

[1]:xii–xiii[2] Yash Chopra was published by the British Film Institute in an event held in London on 29 April 2001; Amitabh Bachchan and the filmmaker Karan Johar were in the attendance.

[7] In an interview with the Press Trust of India, Swaraj saw it "unique" as the author is a British scholar who chose to research a well-known Indian filmmaker.

Ziya Us Salam called it "a feel-good book" and said: "There is little which has historical value or even to put together memoirs but it won't leave the Chopra fans disappointed.

"[9] The Hindu found Dwyer's writing "affectionate" and "unironic" instead of "dryly academic", and observed that the book helps to "[chart his] journey".

[10] Khalid Mohamed hailed Dwyer, saying she "deserves a burgundy toast at the very least for having zeroed in" on Chopra; he referred to the book as a "racy read", but added it was "ultimately shallow and unenlightening to the informed reader".

[13]:103 Garima Pant of The Tribune wrote a scathing review: "The writer's method to throw light on the personality just through his work, and that too with only the story, crudely translated dialogues, and very few words from the man himself somehow dampens the reader's spirit.