The acting coach who was known as ‘the pioneer of method acting’ has trained some of the most phenomenal talents in Bollywood like Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha and Naseeruddin Shah. The acting coach passed away late on Friday night peacefully in his sleep after an extended illness, his son Rohit Taneja confirmed.

 

The renowned and well respected acting guru of Bollywood, has been training talents since 1960’s initially at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) based in Pune and later at his own private school in Mumbai, called the Roshan Taneja School of Acting, which has also been awarded the Best acting school in India.

 

Roshan Taneja’s cremation is to be held on Saturday at 4:30 p.m at the electric crematorium at Santacruz West. The guru is survived by his wife Mithika and sons Rohit and Rahul Taneja.