- (2014) memoir: "Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow"
- (1987) Rajendra Kumar signed Dilip Kumar to act with Kumar Gaurav in home production "Maidaan". It was to be directed by Mukul S. Anand. It was later shelved to start Jurrat with David Dhawan.
- (1975) Discovery of India: During the emergency days (1975-1977), producer G.P. Sippy launched an ambitious project titled 'Discovery of India', based on Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru's famous book by the same title, with Dilip Kumar playing the main protagonist. It was to be directed by Ramesh Sippy (of Sholay fame) and written by writer duo Salim (Khan)-Javed (Akhtar). A grand mahurat was held in New Delhi which was attended by the then Information and Broadcasting Minister Vidya Charan Shukla. The film, however, did not proceed beyond the mahurat.
- (1963) Producer-director Manmohan Desai had planned a film titled 'Hazaar Laakh Crore' starring Dilip Kumar, but the project never took off.
- (1982) Dilip Kumar had another dream project titled 'Oh Baba Jaan' (Baba Jaani) for which he had crafted nine different versions of a script on schizophrenia and wanted the film to be directed by the well-known Marathi director Jabbar Patel. Baba Jaan was probably the name of a horse which the protagonist with split personality rides in the nights. Dilip Kumar had spoken to Amitabh Bachchan and Amitabh agreed to work in the film. The story had a riveting, suspense plot about a schizophrenic banker's diabolic bid to rob a bank. Dilip Kumar had several meetings with Jabbar Pater, but somehow the film did not get off ground. The dream project sadly dropped.
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