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Today is Mira Nair’s birthday.
Meera’s film ‘Shantaram’ was closed.
Mumbai.Today is the birthday of Meera Nayar, who made movies like ‘Kamasutra’, ‘Salaam Bombay’, ‘Missippy Masala’ and ‘The Namesake’ ‘Monsoon Wedding’, ‘Vanity Fair’ ‘Panga’. Born on October 15, 1957, Mira Nair is celebrating her 65th birthday today. On the birthday of eminent director Meera, we will talk about her dream which is still unfulfilled. Know about his special dream project which is still in cold storage. That film is associated with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Johnny Depp. So what is the reason for the delay, let’s know about this in detail…
Many times in the world of Bollywood, there is a lot of discussion on the film even before it is made. Sometimes it happens that the film does not get made. There was one such film, in which Amitabh Bachchan and Johnny Depp were going to work together. This film was Mira Nair’s ‘Shantaram’, which was based on a novel.
All the films that Mira Nair has made so far have been the subject of discussion. His talent of presenting the story in a different way attracts the audience towards him. From the time she starts working on a project, things start happening. One such project was ‘Shantaram’. Meera was very excited to work on this project. It was a movie based on a novel. This novel became very famous in Australia and India. It told the story of a bank robber named Gregory David Roberts. This robber is caught but he escapes by dodging and reaches Mumbai through many places. After this many dramatic events take place in his life.
Amitabh was in the role of friend
Meera’s preparations for this film were almost complete. He had finalized Johnny Depp in the role of the main character i.e. robber. At the same time, the robber gets a friend in Mumbai. For the role of this friend Amitabh was finalized. Johnny gladly agreed for this film. He too was keen to work with Meera. The date of January 2008 was fixed for the start of the film.
script writer strike
According to the information, the film was put on hold for some time as the scriptwriters went on strike in Hollywood. During this, Johnny got busy promoting his other films. Many people were waiting for the start of this film but no news related to the film came out. Irfan had told in one of his interviews that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had not had a good shooting experience in Mumbai. In such a situation, Johnny Depp did not want to come to Mumbai and shoot this film.
Well, many reasons are counted behind the film not starting but the real reason still no one knows. However, Meera was very sad when the film was closed.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 15, 2022, 06:30 IST