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  2. Oct 14, 2022 · The origin of the title “Shantaram” lies in the experiences of Gregory David Roberts AKA GDR, the author of the source novel. Like Lin, GDR had spent a considerable time in Bombay after escaping from prison, running an illegal clinic to serve the community which offered him a sense of belonging.

  3. Shantaram is an American-Australian drama thriller television series created by Eric Warren Singer and Steve Lightfoot, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. [1] The story drew inspiration from Roberts' own life, which is about a bank robber from Australia who flees the country to India.

  4. Shantaram is the Hindu name Indian villagers give Lin, the narrator: It means "man of God's peace." Lin - or Linbaba, as he is also known - was not always worthy of the name.

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  5. Oct 12, 2022 · Former bank robber Gregory David Roberts escaped from an Australian prison in 1980 and fled to Mumbai where he worked as a doctor in the slums and became embroiled with the Indian mafia.

  6. Oct 14, 2022 · Shantaram is based on the novel of the same name by the Australian author Gregory David Roberts. While the book is a work of fiction, it is based on a lot of real events that happened in the ...

  7. Feb 20, 2024 · Based on Gregory David Roberts’ bestselling 2003 novel of the same name, Apple TV+’s Shantaram centers on a fugitive bank robber named Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam) in 1980s Bombay (now Mumbai),...

  8. Oct 14, 2022 · BEN KING PHOTOGRAPHER. Is Shantaram based on a true story? Roberts himself has an epic backstory of his own, and much of it is very similar to his novel. In 1978, Roberts - a heroin addict at the...