Book to chronicle Dream Girl’s journey

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Dream Girl Hema Malini’s incredible journey from an actor, a danseuse and filmmaker to a politician is being chronicled in a new book which will hit stores on her 69th birthday this October.

Billed as an authorised biography, “Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl” is penned by author-columnist Ram Kamal Mukherjee.

“In an industry where the male star has always driven the commercial success of films, Hema Malini was an exception, with her name alone sufficing to ensure a film’s box-office glory,” publisher HarperCollins India said.

A truly multi-faceted personality, Hema Malini has been a filmmaker and producer, directing films and television serials, a Member of Parliament from Mathura, and has also performed the classical dance ballets Draupadi, Radha Krishna and Durga.

This year she will be seen in Ramesh Sippy’s unusual love story “Shimla Mirch” with Rajkumar Rao.
The book will be published on her birthday on October 16.