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[Andy]

According to the online news magazine Variety, and other online sources, it appears the filming of Shantaram has been delayed due to last minute script changes.
 
 http://www.variety.com/VR1117976279.html
 
 Also in the article, it says that Abhishek Bachchan is also set to star in the movie.
 
 If you take a glance at his wikipedia page, you can see a picture of the Actor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan
 
 Now which character do you think he's going to play 

[KatieJ]

Thanks for that information Andy. I had a look on the web and it seems everywhere is reporting this project as delayed indefinately   

[Andy]

Apparently according to some news sources the problem was not with the script itself but the costs involved. Because filming was pushed forward to start in early 2008, they had to make cuts in the long script to figure in the budget, and the time spent filming.

I don't like the sound of this, it looks like the old hollybood bull* is trying to make shortcuts to save money - and the script cuts are less than ideal IMO if this film is to have any kind of link to the book as originally presented. We may end up at this rate with a washed out film without any spark of uniqueness.