After dabbling in television, cinema and theatre, veteran actor Lillete Dubey is now busy writing a memoir. Though apprehensive about writing a personal story earlier, it was while penning down her experiences and anecdotes that she realised she has a rather “interesting personal journey”.

She tells us, “A lovely lady from a publication house was very determined and was talking to me since 2019. She wanted to me to write a tell-all book about theatre, my journey and my life. It’s not necessarily an out-and-out autobiography but a memoir. I had told her that I don’t have the time and kept asking her who wants to read about me (laughs). But I gave it a thought and I agreed to it last year.”

Dubey began writing the memoir during the lockdown but had to put it on hold due to professional commitments. But writing it proved to be an experience that helped her rejuvenate her memories. “I don’t have a great memory. It was lovely to go back in time and recollect things I had forgotten. I remembered fragments from there. It’s an interesting exercise to remember my parents, what they did before they got married and my grandmother’s maiden name,” she elaborates.

Dubey admits to facing a challenge during the process: “I feel this pressure even though I’ve a master’s degree in Mass Communication and Literature. I had thought of writing fiction long ago. But the publication house convinced me that my story would interest people.”

The Call My Agent: Bollywood actor recently performed a play titled Lockdown Funeral. Talking about how much she missed the stage due to the pandemic, she says, “I did a little bit shooting for feature films, short films and the web once things opened up this September and I very much enjoy being onscreen. But that, in a way, underlined how much I did miss theatre on many levels.”