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Benjamin Gilani

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Benjamin Gilani is an Indian film, television and stage actor who works in Hindi cinema.[1]

Early life and career

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Gilani playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the Doon School in 2011

Gilani was schooled at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla.[2] He is a postgraduate from Delhi University[2] having studied and taught English literature at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and studied at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune class of 1972, where Naseeruddin Shah and Tom Alter were his classmates.[3]

He founded 'Motleys Productions', a Mumbai-based theatre company in 1977, along with Tom Alter and Naseeruddin Shah, and Waiting For Godot was their first play on 29 July 1979 at Prithvi Theatre. The play was revived in 2009 for the group's 30th anniversary celebrations.[4][5]

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Partial filmography

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