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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 ...
Benjamin Gilani is an accomplished stage personality, who portrays character roles on television and Bollywood films also. Belonged to 1972 FTII batch at Pune, great artists Naseeruddin Shah and Tom Alter were his batch mates. Along with these two, he became a founding member of 'Motley Productions', a Mumbai-based theatre company in 1977, and ...
Benjamin Gilani. Actor: Bajirao Mastani. Benjamin Gilani is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre. [1] He portrayed Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1993 film Sardar. He also acted in the movie "Hum Dum". He founded 'Motley Productions', a Mumbai-based theatre company in 1977, along with Tom Alter and Naseeruddin Shah, and Waiting For Godot ...
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- Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
- Can You Rewind to The Early Days of Performing It?
- Please Continue...
- You Rely A Lot on The Spoken Word…
- What’s The One Thing That’S Been A Constant For Motley in These 40 years?
- Is There A Play on Your Wishlist?
There was no Motley name when we first performed it! Om (Puri) had a theatre group called Majma for which I had done several plays. We didn’t have a banner, so he said, ‘Do it for Majma’. It wasn’t a particularly tough time. Ben chose Godotbecause he thought it would be a practical play to do, not because of its greatness. He said it’s just four me...
We didn’t expect it to make money but we did it because we wanted to do it and found more and more meaning to it. Then it began to get us revenue with full houses in Prithvi Theatre and other venues. And that’s how Motley established itself. I don’t remember it as being a very traumatic time. Tom (Alter) had a very large apartment in Juhu and we wo...
I love the spoken word. I believe it is the most important thing on stage. I admire well-spoken languages, whichever they may be. I’m not dismissing physical theatre. I admire it but unfortunately, I’m incapable of doing it. So, I stick to what I am good at — the spoken word.
To do the plays that we want to do. We once tried to do a crowd-pleaser — The Odd Couple. That was at a time when comedies were popular and we wanted to make some funds. All we did was lose money because nobody came to see it (laughs). So, we want to do the plays we feel the urge to do and that’s a rule we have followed. Sometimes we succeeded, som...
Saint Joanby George Bernard Shaw that I will certainly do at some point. It needs 15 male actors, all of whom have extremely important parts. It’s a tough task to find 15 outstanding male actors who can speak well. I’m also yet to find an actress who can play Joan. I’m gradually accumulating the cast but I want to be certain how to do the play, so ...
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Benjamin Gilani is an Indian film, television and stage actor who works in Hindi cinema. [1] Gilani playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the Doon School in 2011.
Apr 18, 2022 · Benjamin gilani (born 1946) is an indian actor of film, television and theatre. he portrayed jawaharlal nehru in the 1993 film sardar. he also acted in the movie "hum dum".he is a postgraduate ...
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Benjamin Gilani playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the Doon School. 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.
