Johnny Depp is set to star in ‘Shantaram’, a film based on a true story of a robber on the run.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the film will be adapted from Gregory David Roberts’ autobiographical book of the same name by Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth (‘Forrest Gump’).
Australian Roberts was a heroin addict who was convicted of armed robbery but escaped from prison and fled to Bombay, where he set up a medical clinic for people living in the slums.
He was recruited by the Bombay underworld, where he became a passport forger, counterfeiter and gun-runner.
Roberts travels also took him to Afghanistan, where he fought with the mujaheddin. Copyright RTE.ie
