Johnny Depp to star in Shantaram

Johnny Depp has evinced interest in working in the movie Shantaram based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts.The movie will be directed by Mira Nair and will be distributed by Warner Bros.The movie is about the life of a convict who escapes from an Australian jail and beciomes a slum dweller in Mumbai.The movie will have scenes from the Leopold Cafe which was blown up by hte blasts on 26th Nov,08.