Kokilaben draws Dhirubhai's biography

His story has been told and retold many times in books, newspapers and in films. Yet the life of Dhirubhai Ambani will be narrated again in a pictorial biography by the person who knew him the best -- his widow Kokilaben.

As she turns 75 on Saturday, the Ambani family matriarch will be releasing the pictorial tribute to her late husband, sources close to the family said.

The occasion would see the entire Ambani family, including the brothers Mukesh and Anil, posing for a family

portrait.

The book comes years after Hamish McDonald essayed The Polyester Prince -- the official biography of Dhirubhai. Last month, Hindi film Guru, supposedly inspired by Dhirubhai's life, hit theatres but the filmmaker Mani Ratnam declined to acknowledge that his creation is culled from the facts of the business icon's life.

Kokilaben's pictorial essay on her late husband contains rare photographs from the family album, including his early years in Yemen, the sources said.