Roshan Taneja is considered a cult figure in the field of teaching acting in India with his taught students having registered a ratio of success as high as 55%.
His students include present generation of big names such as Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Tushar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi to older stalwarts such as Subhash Ghai, Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Tabu, Gulshan Grover, to name a few. And now the acting guru has completed 45 years of non-stop nurturing of talent. And in his 45th year, he is coming out with renewed vigour to offer a never-before package of training in the art.
For this, he has launched the Roshan Taneja Foundation for Performing Arts (RTFPA). Elaborating on the need and urgency of such a package, Taneja states, “The demand for trained actors in tremendous, today what with the phenomenal growth of Television and Films. And that’s how we have devised this new course that is most painstakingly aimed at the all round development of the actor in training.â€
