n an unauthorized biography of Dhirubhai Ambani, published in 1998 by Hamish McDonald with the title The Polyester Prince, all his political and business conquests are outlined. HarperCollins didnt sell the book in India, because the Ambani threatened legal action.[14] In 2010, an updated version went on sale in India, called Ambani and Sons; there has been no legal action against the publisher so far.[14] A Hindi film said to be loosely inspired by the life of Dhirubhai Ambani was released on 12 January 2007. Guru, directed by film maker Mani Ratnam, cinematography by Rajiv Menon and music by A.R.Rahman shows the struggle of a man striving to make his mark in the Indian business world with a fictional Shakti Group of Industries. Guru stars Abhishek Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan and Vidya Balan. Bachchan plays Gurukant Desai, a character implicitly based on Dhirubhai Ambani. The character is popularly known as Gurubhai, similar to the real-life Dhirubhai. Mithun Chakraborty portrays Manikda who bears an uncanny resemblance to the real life Ramnath Goenka and Madhvan portrays S. Gurumurthy, who gained national fame twenty years ago, spearheading virulent attacks against the Reliance group in one of Indias bloodiest corporate wars.
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