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Hey all,

Here’s the CNN Talk Asia video that was posted about last week.

Shantaram author on Madonna

The slum

Leopold’s Cafe

Haji Ali Mosque

I hope you enjoy the videos, tell us in the comments what you thought!

The Danny Boyle film adaption of Vikas Swarup’s book Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars at the awards ceremony this weekend, and many are now speculating that the success of this India/Mumbai based movie will turn up the heat on the production of Shantaram.

Shantaram has been on the back burner for Director Mira Niar for some time now, and with the success of Slumdog it is expeted that Studio Chiefs will want to fast-track the Shantaram movie into production. The movie, set to star Johnny Depp as Lin, appears to have found it’s moment for both the Hollywood studios and the general movie-going public.

Favorite of Gregory David Roberts, bollywood composer A.R. Rahman picked up 2 Oscars for his music score in Slumdog. It is not known whether Rahman was to set the score for Shantaram, however his success with this film and Gregory’s fondness for his music may be the catalysts for him joining the Shantaram project.

What’s clear from this news is that movie goers are keen to see adaptions of thought provoking bestsellers projected on the silver screen, and if the success of Shantaram could be measured, then this is a strong indicator that the movie would do very well indeed.

Discuss this news with us on the Community Forum, and let us know what you thought of the book, or the film, and what’s to come for the Shantaram Movie and more.

A member of our forum came across an interesting link of Greg visiting the iconic Leopold’s cafe, a few days after the mumbai attacks.

“Had the terrorists come five hours earlier, I wouldn’t be here talking to you” says Gregory David Roberts

It’s a nice short article that you should head on over to read.

Thanks to our forum member mumbai_meri_jaan for catching this piece of news.

Discuss this in our forum

Gregory has updated Shantaram.com this week with a long, detailed explaination of his thoughts on the recent Mumbai attacks.

Head on over to his website, or see the full update here on the Shantaram Forum

If you want, you can head on over to our forums to discuss this event or Greg’s thoughtful response.