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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
12th February 2007
Shantaram director interview
Retuers recently interviewed Shantaram director, Mira Nair.
This is what she has to say about Depp:
“Johnny Depp is such an extraordinary human being and an extraordinary actor and he embodies so much what Shantaram is and so when he asked me to direct him it was obviously a great honor and challenge for me.”
3rd February 2007
Shilpa Shetty in talks for role in Shantaram 1 reply
Hot after winning the UK version of the reality television program Big Brother, Indian actress Shilpa Shetty is in talks to appear in Shantaram.
The are few details yet as to what role she would play in the movie.