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- ↑ "Biography of Bollywood's dream girl". The Telegraph India. 7 March 2005. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Mukherjee, Ram Kamal (2005). Hema Malini, Diva Unveiled. Magna Books. ISBN 978-81-7809-286-7.