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Oct 13, 2004 · Gregory David Roberts, the author of Shantaram and its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, was born in Melbourne, Australia.Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in Bombay—where he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers, and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner, and street soldier for a branch of ...
Oct 13, 2022 · Shantaram, the Apple TV+ series based on the slightly autobiographical Gregory David Roberts novel, stars Charlie Hunnam as an escaped Australian convict. He hides out in Bombay, only to discover a whole new way of life — and crime. But it is not, stressed co-creator and showrunner Steve Lightfoot, meant to be a white savior story.
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Watch Now on Apple TV+. A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals. A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and ...
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Jan 1, 2003 · Gregory David Roberts (GDR) is an Australian artist, composer, songwriter, and author of Shantaram, its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, and The Spiritual Path. Following the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of custody of his daughter, he turned to heroin to numb the pain, and crime to feed his habit. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19 ...
Oct 10, 2022 · Shantaram’s hero Lin or Linbaba is a larger-than-life character and an actor’s dream.No wonder Depp had wanted to play him. Consider how Lin describes himself in the book: “When I escaped ...
2022 • 12 Episodes. Season 1 of Shantaram premiered on October 13, 2022. All the Way From There Just to Get to Here. (1x12, December 15, 2022) Season Finale. View All Seasons.
Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts. Written as a semi-autobiographical telling of his adventures as one of the most wanted men in 1980s Australia, Shantaram tells the story of Lindsay Ford (who usually goes by “Lin”), who, after fleeing from an Australian prison, escapes to Mumbai. He falls in love with the country and rises ...
