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| February 11, 2007 |
| Johnny Depp Selects Mira Nair to Direct Shantaram |
Johnny Depp has chosen filmmaker Mira Nair to direct his new film, Shantaram. The movie will star Depp in the lead role, and will be co-produced by Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B, who bought the rights to the Gregory David Roberts-penned book for $2 million, according to a Starpulse report.
Nair, who was born in India and directed Monsoon Wedding in 2001, admits she is a big fan of the book and is looking forward to the challenge of working behind the camera with Depp. In a recent interview, Nair said, “I just got the offer a few days back but I will start with it soon. It is a book that completely gripped me as it did millions of others. Johnny Depp is such an extraordinary human being and an extraordinary actor. He embodies so much what ‘Shantaram’ is and so when he asked me to direct him it was obviously a great honor and challenge for me.”
‘Shantaram’ is based on the life story of Gregory David Roberts, whose book of the same name describes his escape from an Australian prison to Mumbai and his adventures with the city’s powerful mafia dons. Depp will be playing “Lindsay”, the central character who is modeled on Roberts. |
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