New Delhi: Julia Roberts starrer "Eat, Pray, Love", which took the Hollywood star to Italy, Indonesia as well as India for what she describes as the \"acting Olympics\", will release here on Aug 27.

Directed by Ryan Murphy, the movie is based on Pushcart prize-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert's spirituality travel memoirs and features Roberts as Gilbert who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia in search of peace.

Commenting on her shooting schedule for the movie, Roberts said, "It was quite a huge undertaking. It was a little bit daunting, dragging three little kids around the world, but well worth it It was really like the acting Olympics."

"It's been a long time since I've had a full-time acting job. I am really glad that I made the decision to go off and do that movie," she said in a press statement. Produced by Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, the film releases on Aug 13 in the US. Also in the film are Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, James Franco and Viola Davis.

The India part of the film was shot last September at the Ashram Hari Mandir in Pataudi village, about 40 km from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport

An 'open market' was also set up from the Pataudi Palace's main entrance to the ashram to shoot some scenes. Murphy also shot some scenes with Roberts in Pataudi market and the nearby Mirzapur village. The Oscar winning actress was here with her three children - four-and-a-half-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and two-year-old son Henry - and their nannies.