http://www.shantaram-movie.com Shantaram movie and novel site Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:25:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In an interview posted on YouTube, Johnny Depp talks about how the Shantaram project was put on hold due to the writers' strike. http://www.shantaram-movie.com/johnny-depp-shantaram-on-hold-due-to-the-writers-strike/ Madonna and her husband are now in Mumbai. "Madonna seemed to want to maximise her every moment in the maximum city and so with husband Guy Richie and Shantaram author Gregory David Robert by her side the Kabbalah practicing star first stopped at one of the city's Jewish synagogues." http://www.shantaram-movie.com/madonna-and-gregory-roberts-in-mumbai/ Can the rumors be true? Is Shantaram the movie going to be shelved? According to this site Depp was asking too much to do the movie. Depp loved the novel by Gregory Roberts. He even invited the author to visit him in London. Gregory Roberts did go and meet him. Everything ... http://www.shantaram-movie.com/shantaram-shelved/ It seems that Johnny Depp is not happy with the script causing further delays to the beginning of shooting of Shantaram. From Variety: "Depp became available after Warner Bros. postponed "Shantaram" due to concerns about script, costs and the prospect of shooting in India with monsoon season approaching." From Hindustan ... http://www.shantaram-movie.com/whats-happening-with-shantaram/ Variety reports that a writer's strike is delaying the start of production of the movie Shantaram. The strike and the onset of India's monsoon is delaying plans to start production in February. http://www.shantaram-movie.com/strike-delays-production-of-shantaram/ Johnny Depp will be visiting Mumbai soon on an "acclimatisation tour ". Author Gregory Roberts will also be making an appearance at the bar he made famous "Leopolds". “The official date for the start of the movie version of ‘Shantaram’, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Johnny Depp has been set for ... http://www.shantaram-movie.com/depp-to-visit-mumbai/ Despite some rumors floating around the internet, Amitabh Bachchan won't be shaving his head for his role in Shantaram. Amitabh Bachchan is to play mafia boss Kader Bhai in the movie. Shooting for the movie will begin towards the end of this year. http://www.shantaram-movie.com/big-b-won%e2%80%99t-going-bald-for-shantaram/ Typically one page of a script equates to one minute of film. Shantaram being over 1000 pages long is going to be a marathon of a movie! Of course the movie is not going to be that long, but I think we can safely expect it to be ... http://www.shantaram-movie.com/1000-minutes-of-film/ Mira Nair says she is now "deeply immersed" in the Shantaram project and is currently working on the script now with scriptwriter Eric Roth. Shooting is planned to begin in November and go through to March the following year. Source http://www.shantaram-movie.com/mira-nair-talks-on-shantaram/ According to the Melbourne newspaper, the Herald Sun some scenes of the movie Shantaram could be shot there. Director Mira Nair told the Herald Sun yesterday she was coming to Melbourne for research and to determine whether scenes would be shot here. Ms Nair said the script would cover Roberts' Melbourne ... http://www.shantaram-movie.com/some-scenes-could-be-shot-in-melbourne/