Benjamin Gilani is an Indian film, television and stage actor who works in

Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Early life and career

Gilani was schooled at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. He is a postgraduate from

Delhi University The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

having studied and taught

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at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and studied at

Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. ...

(FTII) Pune class of 1972, where Naseeruddin Shah and

Tom Alter Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie ...

were his classmates. He founded 'Motleys Productions', a

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

-based theatre company in 1977, along with

and Naseeruddin Shah, and ''

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'' was their first play on 29 July 1979 at Prithvi Theatre. The play was revived in 2009 for the group's 30th anniversary celebrations.

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* 20th-century Indian male actors Living people Delhi University alumni Film and Television Institute of India alumni Indian male stage actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male television actors 1946 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Gujarati-language films Bishop Cotton School Shimla alumni {{India-stage-actor-stub