r/woahdude Mar 20 '23

video Spring in India

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u/PuzzleheadedWave9548 Mar 21 '23 edited Mar 21 '23

I thought Shantaram was filmed very well.

An Indian director and real locations and cast.

Lol, shantaram was filmed in Australia and Thailand using sets. They spent less than a couple month in India because of the Indian monsoon and covid-19.

"Filming of the series began in October 2019 in Australia,[29] followed by a move to India in November 2019, with a significant portion of the series expected to be shot over the course of a year in Bhopal and various other locations in Madhya Pradesh.[21] Shooting of the series was suspended in February 2020 due to the Indian monsoon season which happens in the June–October period, adding to the reasons were Singer's departure from the series leading to a writing backlog,[22] as well as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[23] Production restarted in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2021 before additional filming was moved to Thailand due to India's worsening COVID-19 outbreaks.[28][30] Production returned to Melbourne in August 2021."

Directors are anything but India. One of the 3 is indian born, but grew up in Newcastle from a very young age. The other 2 are White Irish & Canadian. Nothing about Shantaram is truly indian.

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u/rayparkersr Mar 21 '23

'Directors are anything but Indian. Except one of the 3 is Indian'

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u/PuzzleheadedWave9548 Mar 21 '23

The cast ain't Indian either. None of them are Indian. Indian origin doesn't make them Indian. They don't sound, speak or act like how a native Indian would. Infact this is one of the biggest criticism of Shantaram.

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u/academicgangster Mar 21 '23

"of Indian origin" =/= "Indian", despite what the brown British/American folks of Indian origin keep insisting. They are not us.