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Shantaram (2022)

Shantaram poster
Genre
crime, drama, action & adventure
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 190 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Australian bank robber escapes to India to avoid capture. The series follows his attempts to start a new life while hiding from his past.

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What happens

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. The story drew inspiration from Roberts' own life, which is about a bank robber from Australia who flees the country to India. The series consists of twelve episodes directed by Bharat Nalluri, Iain B. MacDonald and Bronwen Hughes. Steve Lightfoot joined as showrunner after Eric Warren Singer departed the project. It is produced by Fair Honest Positive Creative, The 4 Keys, Bohemian Risk Productions, Square Head Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios and was distributed by Apple Inc. for their streaming service, Apple TV+. The series premiered on 14 October 2022 and concluded on 16 December 2022. In December 2022, the series was cancelled after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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