at the
Doon School in 2011 Gilani was schooled at
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. 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. 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. ==Partial filmography==