Did the title surprise you. i got a shock reading a similar title in Reuters. Actually its the story (real life) of an Australian prison escapee who found his way to Bombay and adopted the name shantaram. He lived in the slums, set up a clinic where he masquerades as a doctor and eventually became a gun runner for the Bombay underworld and drug gangs. The gun running and drug trade led him to Afghanistan and fighting Russians . Caught, transformed by love he settled down as a writer.
Shantaram, Gregory Roberts in real life, wrote the novel Shantaram based on his life. Now they are making a movie out of it. Johnny Depp is Shantaram. And ya, the movie is in English AND Marathi!!! I can't wait to hear Marathi gaalis and Bombay slang in a Hollywood movie. Imagine Johnny Depp swearing in Marathi (: I am pretty sure this movie will teach Bollywood a lesson or two about making gangster movies.
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Remember reading about this in india today, and was pleasantly surprised then. Interesting story, and await the release!
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