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“A Dream Come True — Dharmendra” looks at the journey of the dreamer from a village. The book traces his 64-year career through his filmography and related memorabilia — right from his debut in “Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere” (1960) till date. It talks his childhood and youth, when he nurtured a desire to become an actor like Dilip Kumar, and how he took part in the “All India Talent Contest” sponsored by Filmfare, the popular entertainment magazine from the Times of India group, in cooperation with legendary film-makers Bimal Roy and Guru Dutt who paved the way for him to get a foothold in the industry. It also charts his journey, beginning in the black-and-white era, hisstruggles, hurdles, accomplishments. The book further delves into how O.P. Ralhan’s “Phool Aur Patthar” became a turning point in his career and Bollywood’s first original “He-Man“ was born. Readers will embark on a pictorial journey of the actor who gave the maximum number of Platinum, Golden and Silver Jubilees to the Hindi film world by way of his ability to move efficiently in the characters portrayed in Shola Aur Shabnam , Bandini, Anupama, Devar, Satyakam, Mera Naam Joker, Pratigya, Chupke Chupke , Sholay, Dharam Veer, Dillagi , Ghulami, Hukumat, Hathyar and many more.The book also gives a peek into films that were never completed — “Rano”, “Samson and Delilah” , “Devdas” “Chanakya Aur Chandragupta” and “Dagdar Babu”. Then, there is “Pakeezah” in which he was replaced by Raaj Kumar on its resumption in the late sixties.