6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Shantaram (2022)
Shantaram (2022)
Overview
Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city's poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Hinduism: Positive
Islam: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city's poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores a complex narrative of individual redemption and survival amidst poverty and crime in Mumbai, focusing on personal choices and relationships rather than advocating for specific political solutions to systemic issues. It observes social inequalities without explicitly promoting a progressive or conservative ideological framework.
The series features a visibly diverse cast due to its setting in India, with a white protagonist whose journey is central. While it explores cultural complexities and the lives of diverse characters, the narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes in an overt manner.
Secondary
The show features characters whose race in the source novel differs from their on-screen portrayal. For instance, Madame Zhou, canonically Chinese, is played by a Lebanese-Australian actor, and Qasim, canonically Indian, is played by an Indonesian-Australian actor. These instances constitute race swaps.
Hinduism is presented as the vibrant cultural and spiritual backbone of India, influencing daily life, festivals, and the beliefs of many characters, such as Prabaker, whose simple devotion is portrayed sympathetically.
Islam is depicted as an integral and respected part of the Mumbai community, with characters observing practices and finding solace or guidance in their faith, showing it as a lived reality that provides strength and structure.
The television series "Shantaram" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the protagonist's experiences in India, his romantic entanglements, and criminal activities, with no explicit or implicit LGBTQ+ representation present in the storyline.
The series 'Shantaram' (2022) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on other aspects of its protagonist's journey and the diverse community in Mumbai, without engaging with transgender identities or experiences.
The show features several prominent female characters, but none are depicted engaging in or winning direct physical combat against male opponents. Their roles are primarily dramatic, strategic, or supportive, rather than action-oriented.
The show "Shantaram" adapts the novel of the same name. All major and significant characters in the series maintain the same gender as established in Gregory David Roberts' original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.4
Critic Ratings
5.7
6.4
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