Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian film and stage actor whose performances have won him critical acclaim and garnered several prestigious awards including the Padma Shri (1987) and the Padma Bhushan (2003). Motley was formed by Naseeruddin Shah and Benjamin Gilani in 1979. Their well known plays include Herman Wouk’s, The Caine Mutiny, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and the adaptation of Julius Caesar.