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Deccan Herald – Panaji, UNI: Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp could well become the star of the Goa International Film Festival of India (IFFI) next year.

Renowned film-maker Shyam Benegal has advised Festival Director Afzal Amanullah to invite Depp for IFFI 2006 when the actor is here in November next year shooting ‘Shantaram’, an adaptation of Gregory David Roberts’s best-selling book by the same title.

‘Shantaram’, which will be produced by Depp (who will also act in the film), is about an Australian convict who escapes to Mumbai in the 1980s where he sets up a medical practice and his adventures in Afghanistan.

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Johnny Depp has had enough of our obsession with his life, thanks very much. In an interview with Loaded, he said: “If people want to sit around and talk about…[me] then I’d say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics or even masturbation.” by Martha Fischer for Cinematical.

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Johnny Depp has become pretty outspoken of late, talking about pretty much anything other then the films he is supposed to be promoting – by Lowri Williams for entertainmentwise.com

He hit out at photographers who take pictures of his children: “I don’t care if they take my photograph. I don’t care if they take Vanessa’s photograph – we’re adults.

“But when they start taking photos of my kids and putting them in their galleries/magazines that I can’t support.”

“That’s why they should have the long lens – just make sure that you’re really far away because if I’m able to get my hands on you I’ll swallow your nose. I’d bite your nose off and swallow it.”

Photographers everywhere beware…

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ComingSoon – Source: Variety December 1, 2005 – Peter Weir will direct Shantaram, the Warner Bros. adaptation of the Gregory David Roberts novel that will star Johnny Depp. Variety says Weir will develop the script with Eric Roth. The studio hopes to begin production late next year.

The film is being produced by Initial Entertainment Group’s Graham King along with Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Plan B’s Brad Pitt.

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