The REAL Streets of Shantaram

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The Shantaram TV show wasn't filmed in India! So I went to Mumbai to show you the actual locations from Gregory David Robert's book Shantaram. How are you enjoying the Shantaram TV show?
If you've read the book, you're also going to notice that the location names in the TV show have been changed. The locations in the book are real places where the author Gregory David Roberts spent time. I highly recommend you read the Shantaram novel if you enjoyed the TV show.
"The original intention was to shoot Shantaram in its settings of Australia and India. In late 2019, the production moved to Bhopal, which was to be used for scenes set in Mumbai. Here they made use of areas that had changed little since the 1980s, including the famous Chowk Bazar, and also constructed a set to depict the shantytown where Lin Ford first settled in the city. The arrival of Covid suspended filming in February 2020, but even before this, the production was plagued with difficulties, with Hunnam particularly badly affected:
“Filming in India, I really learnt what it means to be fighting for your life for about five weeks,” he told Foxtel News. “I got a bacterial stomach thing and a significant lung infection and conjunctivitis in both eyes. Then I got an ear infection, then I got strep throat, then I got bitten by a mosquito and got dengue fever. I’m just glad that I pulled through.”" from "Where was Shantaram filmed?" by CN Traveller www.cntraveller.com/article/w....
Gregory David Roberts explains "How Much of the Book is Real?" on his channel • Shantaram Question - H... .
If you want to visit the actual locations, see blog.karlrock.com/the-real-lo....
Shantaram is available on Apple TV+ • Shantaram - Official T... .
00:00 Shantaram isn't filmed in India!
00:32 Apple changed location names too
00:47 Lin stayed here (India Guest House)
01:11 Where Karla & Lin met (The Colaba Causeway)
01:42 The infamous Leopold's Cafe aka Reynaldo's Cafe
02:45 Where the Police held Lin (Colaba Police Station)
03:14 Has Apple done a good job adapting Shantaram?
03:41 Where Karla & Lin walked (Gateway to Radio Club Hotel)
04:09 A smuggler's dock (Sassoon Dock)
04:25 The slum Lin lived in (Cuffe Parade Slum)
05:21 Where Lin went for blessings (Haji Ali)
06:54 Where Lin romanced Karla (Air India building)
07:03 Is Shantaram a true story?
07:28 Did you like the TV show?
Extra broll by Bhargava Marripati, Danilo Riba, and Rahul Gautam via Pexels.
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@KarlRock Год назад

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

@NotGodDragon Год назад

@alifiyasheikh2071 Год назад

When are you going to upload the Aurangabad vlog?

@callmehayman Год назад

I love your vids

@KarlRock Год назад

@@alifiyasheikh2071 Not sure Bro, I have tons of content to get out first.

@KarlRock Год назад

@@callmehayman Thanks!

@nomadhabit Год назад

Shantaram is a legendary book! when I was reading it, I'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!!

@delhidebb1749 Год назад

Only it wasn't imaginary, it was real! It happened and I'm now missing prabu again just by thinking of the book.

@nightrider12soul Год назад

Whay they did not show Kolaba and Leopold,the authentic places.

@ByHerHand Год назад

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 story.

@bernardofitzpatrick5403 Год назад

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

@KarlRock Год назад

Come soon ❤️

@bernardofitzpatrick5403 Год назад

@@KarlRock hope in November or December 👏😁

@ItsJager Год назад

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.

@Holeysocks464 7 месяцев назад

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. Great memories thanks to Shantaram and videos like this. Thank you!

@randysenase4008 5 месяцев назад

So your the one to ask the TV show I believe to be fairly accurate I guarantee it's a good portrait of the time that the story took place

@RexWaldron Год назад

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 know and feel too. I haven't watched the Apple TV version - I generally find film and TV adaptations disappointing. I can't imagine that they have captured the true spirit of India if it wasn't filmed there. Glad that you shared your thoughts on the book Karl!🙏🕉

@christinamaldonado9513 Год назад

I have never seen the show or read the book, but now I want to check it out! And I would love to visit India some day. Thanks again for showing the real beauty of India! ❤❤

@AlxnderNZ Год назад

Brilliant idea for a video Karl thank you! And I didn't even know they finally filmed something!

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks mate. Yeah, everyone gave up on the movie/tv idea cause it dragged on for years. But now it’s here.

@hitashya 5 дней назад

@@KarlRock I want a redo, the tv series just wasn't it at all...

@harrycallahan6623 Год назад

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

@user-fy8vg6hn8r 4 месяца назад

Oh well had great times at Gokul bar 😂,it’s right behind the Taj hotel on Tullock road

@my98thaccount Год назад

Thank you for making this video Karl. I’ve never been to India but I’ve read Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow at least 5 times each so it’s fascinating to see the actual places. Hope to visit one day soon.

@jessemaxi Год назад

Definitely my favourite book, I read during a very hard time and it got me through. Life is short and an incredible adventure

@jk484 Год назад

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'll be able to shoot in India again.

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks. I didn’t know the first two episodes where shot in India. Good know.

@thinkpictures5074 Год назад

I doubt , the Location is in Thailand. The Karachi chase sequence in Ms Marvel was shot at the same location , they managed to tweak it with the help of Art direction.

@nightrider12soul Год назад

And why they did not film in Kolaba and show the Leopold that still exist.

@shezad6829 10 месяцев назад

The book is Bombay, all I can say .. the series not even close to it , I mean the Charlie was great as linbaba, it was not the cast nor the story it was the directorial issue in the TV series

@dean7680 Год назад

I read Shantaram in 2007 or 08 in Shimla under heavy snowfall. Im watching now in Aizawl. Lots of nostalgia.

@ANTieT Год назад

Thank you for doing this video! I have been listening to the (43 hour) audiobook over the past few weeks (I have about 9 hours left) and it is fascinating to see the actual area and places! I’m holding off on the show until I finish the book.

@KarlRock Год назад

43 hours!!! My gosh. The TV show isn’t as good, but that’s how it usually is

@JamRock_Jr. Год назад

@@KarlRock where can I get the tv show I wanna watch it ? Any recommendations please ?

@kindofanmol Год назад

@@JamRock_Jr. AppleTV+

@kunalshriwas4374 Год назад

This is such a great video, not just the subject matter but also the way it was edited - loved it, probably my fav Karl video in a while!

@ThePJExperience Год назад

A real , in-depth & Well Timed Review . It was the First Book/novel I picked up & never put down without finishing the story.

@walkingin6375 11 месяцев назад

So great to see this, thanks a lot for the vid. I love the book and have gone through it twice. It's made an impact on my life, and I highly recommend it to anyone I meet. Didn't even know there was a show until I saw your vid. I'll have to check it out.

@hitashya 5 дней назад

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'm not big on violence. But the first half of it truly captured core essences of Mumbai & Goa with a bit of embellished flare.

@tractorandfarmingvlogs8931 Год назад

I read this book when I was studying in Australia and believe me I have never been so addicted to any other book this much.

@atupe Год назад

My favourite book till date. My father gave me the book and he was given the book by his business customer who happens to be a foreigner. We all love this book so much.

@peteck007 Год назад

Read "A fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

@atupe Год назад

@@peteck007 I'll check it out thanks

@delhidebb1749 Год назад

My favourite book of all time. You experience every emotion from complete happiness to complete sadness.

@pekocide1357 Год назад

Thank you for introducing me to shantaram. Its such an amazing show, can't wait for the next episodes!

@cecilia-ol5zw Год назад

Thank you so much! It is such a pleasure to see those locations disbribled in this awesome book. It is a real masterpiece. The book has great power. I am in love with Bombay because of it.

@samratchattopadhyay3057 Год назад

Beautiful video Karl. Read Shantaram many years ago... going to re-read it again. 👍🏻

@eyewaves... Год назад

Thank God you went to India Karl - you are changing my perspectives about the country and the places there...

@stephaniehumphries Год назад

Thank you so much Karl for sharing this video. I hope you enjoyed your visit with CJSCAMS she was so excited that she was meeting up with her. I hope you two really enjoyed yourselves. I have to read that book even though I’m like you I’m not a reader lol. Again thankyou so much for sharing this video so informative 🥰💖

@koalamullet Год назад

I read Shantaram on my first 3 month trip through India on an Enfield Bullet in 2005, and completely fell for it, and India. Shantaram is a masterpiece in storytelling. Despite losing a lot of the story's nuances, the series so far has been wonderful.

@HairyMalik Год назад

Such a good insight into the "real" Shaantaram, great video bro! 🤩

@marinabassi3767 Год назад

Thank kou sooo much for this video Karl. Shantaram is one of my favourite books ever, I re-read it regularly and always find new wonders in it. I am so glad to finally be able to see most of all of these important places in the book, really बहुत बहुत अच्छा ! I didn't like the TV show though, too different from the book.

@morningnoonannight109 Год назад

I read his book 10 yrs ago, Equisitely written book. One of the reasons I subscribe to this channel.

@KarlRock Год назад

Thank you!

@claytonlester1872 Год назад

I bet even the movie was never filmed in Shantaram

@tek1645 Год назад

Most movies never are shot at their intended location. Like most of the time you see a movie based in America, it's most likely shot in Canada. Many more examples too

@alrightdave6135 Год назад

Thailand and Australia

@lowspeak Год назад

I bet you didn't even watch Karl's video.

@KarlRock Год назад

Yeap. They weren't even going to shot in Mumbai either, they had setup a set in Bhopal. So even shooting in India, they don't shoot near the original locations of the book. I guess it's much cheaper and easier that way. But knowing these places are real, I wanted to show the real locations from the book.

@claytonlester1872 Год назад

@@lowspeak i know about the filming earlier.....took a random guess before watching and i was right

@Sandyism Год назад

Hey Carl I read the book back in 2012 totally agree with you if you know Mumbai well enough you can relate to the book even better. Thanks

@KarlRock Год назад

Totally right. I hope this video help encourage people to visit Mumbai too.

@ThoseHappyDays Год назад

Just watched the series and loved it. Been to Leopolds etc years ago and your description is spot on. Will be trying out the other one you mention. As for the book, it blew my mind haha and I too don’t read much 😊

@AbrahamPanicker Год назад

Wow Karl..This short documentary was so nicely made !!..Looks like you had a reincarnation after your return !! All good wishes from someone whose career started in Bombay in the late 80s.

@darlenejones-nelson813 Год назад

I'm glad I got to watch this video! Looks beautiful. I'll have to get that book soon. Watching on your channel here.

@KarlRock Год назад

Enjoy the book Darlene

@huggy-Bear Год назад

Fantastic idea for a video.. loved the book but had no idea there was a TV show!

@lou_.13._lou Год назад

Love the book and love your channel - perfect combination. धन्यवाद 🙏🏻

@Captain._Phil Год назад

Haven't read the book as yet, only started watching the series as I like the main actor. Looks interesting so far, would be great to see the locations in real life..

@magnumopus_india Год назад

Thank for uploading this video sir... very informative I would say...and Yes loving the series so far...✅✅👍👍❤️❤️📓📓🎞️🎞️📸📸

@Jordy120 Год назад

Thanks Karl. I'll be getting the novel. The TV show will come later. Cheers mate and have a great weekend.

@andyhemus2964 Год назад

Got introduced to Shantaram on the beach in Benaulim, Goa. Loved it and have reread it many times. The tv adaptation does a half decent job of the retelling the story. Have spent many months in different parts of India and love the place. Funny coincidence, I now live in NZ, having moved there from the UK eight years ago. Our second trip to India, we made sure to visit Leopolds, and yep tourist trap, but hey you can't blame them.

@algixx1941 Год назад

Thanks Karl, I really appreciate the location tour.

@poisongirlpoison 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for showing these locations! ❤ it's my favorite book, and i'm currently watching the series. I like it, but i do miss some of the locations that the book mentiones ofthen, like the Gateway of India.

@mariandujsik3893 7 месяцев назад

I loved them both; the book and the tv show!

@TheCommonLink Год назад

Nicely narrated, gonna look more into this. Thanks

@93atri Год назад

Awesome Interesting Vlog !! Want more of these Types of Videos !!

@qualqui Год назад

So much enjoyed Karl Ji, that I'm looking forward to buying Gregory David Robert's book, obviously books are better than tv or movies based on books, so COOL of you to show us an interesting part of Mumbai. As for you recommending the book, "from somebody who doesn't read much", well, how can you?!!😂Making so many fun and interesting videos, offering us Hindi lessons and scamming scammers! Thanks for sharing, 👍 and greetings 👋for Manisha Ji and you! JaiHind! 🤩

@romeldias Год назад

Loved that you did this! As a Bombay native...I was horrified to see what they did...including the rubbish they have passed off as lingo from India!

@Ajeet_Bharadwaj Год назад

Bro just loved the video, truly one of a kind please keep doing more such videos, could start with jungle book , or any book by Ruskin bond

@charlie6751 Год назад

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'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'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. Ji Hind !!!

@najuparker4726 Год назад

I read the book Shantaram My best read so far I cud relate to the story Cos iv been to india And stayed in Colaba I want to read it again after seeing this video Love from South Africa

@nunyabizness9216 Год назад

We love you Karl!!!

@dineshkuldeep6227 Год назад

Gay?

@inderjeetsingh1685 Год назад

I read the book but your take is still very informative

@arunandcamera Год назад

Kudos to you for bringing this into light.

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks Bro. I think people will enjoy to see the real locations, and then even come to India to visit them

@vickeysharma1622 Год назад

I like your videos about Indian village and culture.

@abhijitmishra5243 Год назад

A book is always, always better. No matter what.... It really doesn't matter whether they have made the show good enough or not, because these kind of shows or any show for that matter, can never do justice to the actual book. This is not to say that the show is bad. I am just trying to convey that what a masterpiece Mr Gregory David Roberts have truly written! It's just evergreen. And yes karl bhai, that book is a real page turner! 🙂

@avi2125 Год назад

Your narration is sublime! Keep it up

@cliffordcoxoutandabout.409 4 месяца назад

Loved the book and enjoyed the series. Gutted that there isn’t going to be a second series.

@JamRock_Jr. Год назад

I really enjoyed this Karl. Really really lived it. This video really made me change my view and some things even about yourself brotha. May I know is there is a movie sequence made of Shantaram?

@brianthomason5022 Год назад

I just finished the season finale and I have absolutely loved the series despite its terrible rating on everything.. like absolutely loved it I'm also glad that I've watched the show before the book because everyone knows a book cannot be compared to a movie or show the books always better.. so maybe I haven't spoiled the story in it because the show just got me interested enough into it to want to pick up the book

@SwarupKumarKar Год назад

Good to see you back in India

@bobbysingh5470 2 месяца назад

I just completed reading "Shantaram" yesterday and man, I have been researching like anything if the whole story is true or not. Thanks for this video and the link of his video in your description. Also, I too was astounded after reading that whole "Arthur Road Jail" chapters. That is something I, too, can never forget. And I liked the book, liked it very much. I dont think I'll ever watch the show and even if i did i know i won't like it.

@rohitanand14 Год назад

Great to have you back. Feels awful to think of your exile. Like the vanvaas of Ram, even worse as your Sita ji want with you.

@daosilver Год назад

I read his book in 2009, right after visiting India. Shantaram TV show is good as well. I was waiting for it for so many years! At that time, the main actor was to be Johnny Depp but Charlie is good as well.

@uebermupf Год назад

I loved the book and I enjoyed the TV show so far. I try to see movies as only inspired by the book - that way you are not always looking for errors but enjoy whatever they added.

@stewartfooter3580 Год назад

Outstanding karl well done my friend

@lautreamontg Год назад

I love this physical tour of a famous book location video! I'd love to see one of "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth or "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks! I haven't read those two books, but I'll have a look at them now

@AngelaCarson Год назад

Ohhhh I've stopped halfway because I've forgotten lots of details of the book and the series isn't to that point yet haha Coming back after the series ends ;-) (but LOVE THIS!! The slow-mo video makes for very nice documentary style with your VO)

@vasudave8979 Год назад

The way you described every single thing 🫡🫡

@heekyungkim8147 Месяц назад

This is very interesting… great 👍🏽 video.

@Kat-NZ1 4 дня назад

I LOVED this book but was devastated to find out afterwards it wasn’t all true but can now appreciate it for what it is.

@KICK839 Год назад

I will definitely watch it... Probably will read the book afterwards

@CJ_SCAMS Год назад

I definitely need to read that book now!

@ChamindaHewamana Год назад

I have read the book and visited some of the places. I love Mubai just because I had read Shantaram.

@noiamspartacus8965 Год назад

Was in Leopolds for a meal and Taj for breakfast just before leaving India. Back in Oz, news of the shootings and siege were on TV. If we stayed a couple more days it might have been a very different ending. I read the book much later but having stayed in the same area I have to say the excellent book seemed a good account of the place and the character.

@MrDonkeyKIng77 Год назад

Greatly enjoyed

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks 🙏

@GlobetrotterGary Год назад

I really enjoyed the book, never saw the film and interesting vid!

@nightcrawleroriginal Год назад

Nice to see your wife with you KR, thanks for the Shantaram tour, well made. :)

@KarlRock Год назад

Thanks Mate

@sharajackson2129 Год назад

I love the book and have warmed to Apple+ t.v series. I think the series captures the main characters quite well.

@VALLARTAREALTORFH Год назад

Big Fan your videos always cheer me up

@Jedi_Judo19 5 месяцев назад

Awesome to see that the book is real. I'm only in chapter 15.

@Sweetcharity007 Год назад

I've never heard of it, so I'll check out the book.

@Userxyz728 Год назад

Love from India 💝

@andrewp1034 Год назад

Thanks Karl! Was just there in March. There's a really great Shantaram Tour with the real Prabakars nephew! You should check it out!

@KarlRock Год назад

Ow, that's cool! I spent a few days finding all these locations on my own, it was fun.

@andrewp1034 Год назад

Karl I know you’re a very busy person, but I was thinking about moving to Mumbai in the next couple of years and would love to ask you some questions if you had sometime? Thanks!

@pixelface581 Год назад

Thanks for the video it was great, what camera is it you use?

@kaiitmosby3034 Год назад

This makes me laugh cause so many people I know worked on this series, the issues in India were with the showrunner. Who was fired after Apple and Paramount watched the first few episodes that were filmed there. They were also almost kicked out of Thailand as well due to covid, this show had SO SO many issues and Hunnam wasn't the only one who got sick a lot of the crew were ill as well and many refused to go back on the show when it started up again in Melbourne. In total the first season shot for almost 3 years.

@no.9961 10 месяцев назад

I'm scared to watch it as I don't want to destroy the pictures in my mind ... thanks for doing this video👍👍

@no.9961 10 месяцев назад

I found a bollywood on youtube with Lin as an extra sat at a table with a lady ... ive never been able to find it again!

@adurpandya2742 Год назад

I was waiting for you to make this lol

@economicsofgeography3095 Год назад

Welcome back to India

@kinsley7777 Год назад

gonna put off the film version to read the books first ... I did the reverse w Sophie's Choice, and regretted it ... thank YOU, Karl ...

@KarlRock Год назад

Yeah, good choice! The book is worth it

@MyPlanetMyDuty Год назад

You are true ambassador of India...

@stephaniegill8392 Год назад

Do not have access to Apple TV now, but I do have access to the books. Read them both and will probably just stick with them as the tv series is bound to dumb down the whole experience for me.

@Legus1989 Год назад

Thanks a lot for this video. I especially loved the bits with Mr Roberts, those are quite interesting to watch. Speaking of the show, tbh I was never expecting it to ever happen. I new that the idea of making a film of Shantaram was in the air since around 2005, and that even Johnny Depp was involved, but then it all grind to a halt due to different issues, and the whole project was in 'development hell' since then. The fact that someone had managed to make it into life is great in its own right. What exactly they make of it, we shall all see. Speaking of the book, I have read the book twice in Russian (the language I consider my main one), once in English, and had gone back numerous to some fragments of the novel. I may even say that me and my friend, also a fan of the book, may have seen more into it, and in it, than the majority of the readers. Possibly, we have seen the underside of the whole novel, the predetermind structure that Mr Roberts had set in it as a foundation on which he had built the whole book. But thats only an assumption, you know, nothing more than that :)

@theRk1300 Год назад

Always the book brother, always the book....

@Bone74838 Год назад

Thank you 🙏🏻

@MaryAnnSweetAngel Год назад

I have lived in mumbai all my life for 29 years lol and i don't recognise any of the locations because i never travel to south Mumbai haha. I only travel if i have to for work or if my friends want to go but i don't have friends anymore 🙃. I need to thank my dad's uncle for giving my dad his appartment because i would not survive in slums.

@callmehayman Год назад

Love your vids