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Author’s Site Gregory David Roberts
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Welcome to my Shantaram novel and movie site
is a novel of epic proportions written by Gregory David Roberts. It tells the story of his break from a Melbourne prison in Australia and escape to New Zealand followed by India where much of the novel is set. In India he lives in the slums of Bombay and opens a medal clinic. After a harrowing experience of getting caught and spending time in an Indian prison he becomes involved with the local mafia.
The novel, however is much greater than a prison break story. It is a novel embelished with all of the human emotional traits: love, hate, friendship, enemies, life and death.
Warner Bros. Pictures bought the movie rights for the novel and are making a movie starring Johnny Depp due to be released in 2007. It will directed by Mira Nair.
Also by Gregory Roberts: Roma
23rd February 2009
Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 Oscars – will Shantaram be next?
Slumdog Millionaire, the movie that has surprised everyone around the world with its international success has won eight Oscars.
Slumdog Millionaire has certainly created a benchmark for movies set in India. I wonder if producers of Shantaram are now thinking whether their movie will enjoy a similar success. There is no doubt if Shantaram is produced any time soon or the near future, it will be compared to Slumdog Millionaire.