Shantaram was at that time in the midst.
Gregory David Roberts"Shantaram".
The police personnel dropped Shantaram back to his village.
V Shantaram's well-known film Padosi[1941]
is a film touching social issues.
Shantaram recovered from his illness and recalled where he came from.
An NGO representative took Shantaram to a medical camp in the area.
Shantaram, a mentally ill person,
had come wandering on the streets of a locality in Thalvadi, Erode district.
Veteran filmmaker Shyam
Benegal has been selected for the prestigious‘V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Mumbai International Film Festival(MIFF-2018).
Laxmikant-Pyarelal were a popular and successful Indian composer duo,
consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar(1937-1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma born 1940.
On 23rd September 2018, former Union Minister and Congress leader Shantaram Potdukhe passed away following a short term illness, in Maharashtra.