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, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

Early life and career

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

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

having studied and taught English literature at

St. Stephen's College, Delhi St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India. It was established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi. The college ...

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 of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...

(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 i ...

were his classmates. Waiting for Godot in Doon School

He founded 'Motleys Productions', a Mumbai-based theatre company in 1977, along with Tom Alter and

Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare A ...

, and '' Waiting For Godot'' was their first play on 29 July 1979 at

Prithvi Theatre Prithvi Theatre is one of Mumbai's best known theatres. It was built by Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kapoor in memory of Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi's father, who had dreamt of having a "home" for his repertory theatre company, Prithvi Th ...

, the play was revived in 2009 for group's 30th anniversary celebrations.

Partial filmography

2022 Hush Hush

TV Series

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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 {{India-actor-stub