The REAL Streets of Shantaram

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  @KarlRock · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Update 07/02/2024: David Gregory Roberts shared this video and said “Amazing” on his Instagram. I’m so happy ☺️<br>How are you enjoying the Shantaram TV show?<br>Come to India and visit these locations for yourself, Google Maps locations: <a href="https://blog.karlrock.com/the-real-locations-of-shantaram/">https://blog.karlrock.com/the-real-locations-of-shantaram/</a>

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  @bernardofitzpatrick5403 · 3 years ago

  I miss India so much. Love the book….read it in India .

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• IN

  @IndiaJager · 3 years ago

  I read Shantaram 14 years ago during my first trip to India. The book was one of those Indian bootlegs, that luckily had all the pages, given to me by an Indian guy I met in Manali with absolute insistence that I must read the book.

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  @nomadhabit · 3 years ago

  Shantaram is a legendary book! when I was reading it, I&apos;d have everything right before my eyes and I never been to the north of India, only the south, this guy could for sure light up ones imagination...you are legend too for showing us insights of India!!

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  @ByHerHand · 3 years ago

  I read the book about 10 years ago and loved it. It gave me such an appreciation of India and the overarching theme of redemption pulls me in to the &nbsp;story.

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  @hitashya · 2 years ago

  So many people in their first years of Mumbai infatuation read Shantaram, both foreigners and Indians alike. It was truly the guidebook to my first years of obsession with the city (where I eventually moved), though I never made it past the Afghanistan chapters! I&apos;m not big on violence. But the first half of it truly captured core essences of Mumbai &amp; Goa with a bit of embellished flare.

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  @RexWaldron · 3 years ago (edited)

  I also found Shantaram totally absorbing. It is particularly interesting for a westerner who has personal ties to India because so many of the impressions he felt, about the magic of India I &nbsp;know and feel too. I haven&apos;t watched the Apple TV version - I generally find film and TV adaptations disappointing. I can&apos;t imagine that they have captured the true spirit of India if it wasn&apos;t filmed there. Glad that you shared your thoughts on the book Karl!🙏🕉

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  @Holeysocks464 · 2 years ago

  My wife and I went overland to India in 1973/74 from the UK, by hitchhiking then buses and trains from Istanbul through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the all over India and Nepal. The book does a fantastic job at describing the sites and particularly the Indian people. Bombay Madras and Calcutta were very rough places in those days but we were always able to squeak out of any iffy situations. Shantaram is certainly one of our favourite books and the series was interesting, too bad it was cancelled. We went back to India for several months in 2010, big changes.<br>Great memories thanks to Shantaram and videos like this. Thank you!

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• JK

  @jk484 · 3 years ago

  The first two episodes were filmed in India in late 2019/early 2020, as you mention in the description. There were problems with the script/showrunner, so they shut down in February 2020, then Covid happened. Over a year later they picked up again, in Thailand like you mentioned. The first season covers 1/3 of the book, so hopefully as they continue they&apos;ll be able to shoot in India again.

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  @charlie6751 · 3 years ago

  I lived a similar life to shantaram in colaba over a ten year period even beatings at the colaba police station by the chief inspector as I ran a business there unfortunately I got hooked on heroin with my Indian friends but I loved living there it&apos;s very hard to describe daily life there in Mumbai unless youve actually experienced it its like living in a non stop crazy circus with strange things happening Evey day the place change my life I bought a new motorcycle there too to get around the city it was fabulous but it eventually got confiscated by colaba Police, police in colaba are so corrupt and arrogant they are very hard to deal with but I wouldn&apos;t change my experiences there for the world India teaches you so much about life the good the bad and the ugly but eventually you have to leave for your own good as the place can destroy you. &nbsp;Ji Hind !!!

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  @harrycallahan6623 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I backpacked in Mumbai in 2007. Stayed at Colaba for a week. Loved the vibe. &nbsp;Keema Pao at Olympia, Kebabs at Bade Miyan, Beer at Gokul, Beef Bhuna at Baghdadi. Best part of my India trip.

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  @VelvetBagpuss · 3 years ago

  Brilliant idea for a video Karl thank you! &nbsp; And I didn&apos;t even know they finally filmed something!

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