Lillete Dubey

Actor Sep 7 (age 72) Mumbai, India 1997–2026 (29 year career)

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Biography

Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress who has worked in theatre, television and Hindi films. Lillete was born in Pune as Lillete Kiswani to a Sindhi Hindu family. Her father, Govind Kiswani, was an engineer with the Indian Railways, and her mother, Leela, was a gynaecologist who worked with the Indian Army. Her father wanted to give her a "modern" sounding name, and came up with "Lillete" as a faux-French derivation of her mother's name, Leela, with the intended meaning bein…

Known For

Film

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Mrs. Kapoor

Film

The Lunchbox

Ila's Mother

Film

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Jaswinder "Jazz" Kapoor

Film

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Mrs. Kapoor

Film

Monsoon Wedding

Pimmi Verma

Film

Fanaa

Madam

Film

Vanity Fair

Ms. Green

Film

Baghban

Shanti Patel

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (56)

Ginny Wedss Sunny 2

2026 Upcoming

Apr 24

Songs of Paradise

2025

as Khala

8.5

Bobby Aur Rishi Ki Love Story

2025

as Dr. Shenaya Karody

Khwaabon Ka Jhamela

as Rokshana

Americanish

as Khala

Yaariyan 2

Blind

as Aunty Maria

Tadka

as Samantha

Unpaused

as Archana (segment "Rat-a-tat)

Tryst With Destiny

Jhootha Kahin Ka

as Mrs. Mehta

3 Days to Go

as Lakshmi

Season's Greeting

as Suchitra

Purana Pyaar

Aksar 2

as Miss Khambatta

Sonata

as Subhadra

Mahayoddha Rama

2016

as Kaikayee

5.0

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015

as Mrs. Kapoor

6.4

Dance Like a Man

2014

as Older Ratna Parekh

Dr. Cabbie

as Nellie

One by Two

as Kalpana Patel

Adhe Adhure

as Savitri

Chashme Baddoor

as Miss Josephine

The Lunchbox

as Ila's Mother

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Mrs. Kapoor

Heroine

as Mrs. Arora

Delhi in a Day

as Kalpana

Na Jaane Kabse

Always Kabhi Kabhi

as Ms. Das

Housefull

as Zulekha Ji

Pankh

as Mary

Break Ke Baad

as Pammi Bua

Bollywood Beats

as Jyoti

Saas Bahu Aur Sensex

as Anita B. Jethmalani

Hari Puttar

as Santosh 'Toshi'

Aap Ki Khatir

Fanaa

as Madam

Sau Jhooth Ek Sach

as Moushami Pradhan

My Brother... Nikhil

as Anita Rosario Kapoor

5.8

Main Aisa Hi Hoon

2005

as Ritu

5.3

Dosti: Friends Forever

as Kiran Thapar

Vanity Fair

as Ms. Green

Morning Raga

as Pinky's mother

Lakshya

as Mrs. Dutta

Bow Barracks Forever!

2004

Kal Ho Naa Ho

2003

as Jaswinder "Jazz" Kapoor

Pinjar

as Mrs. Mohanlal

Baghban

as Shanti Patel

Chalte Chalte

as Anna Mausi

Johnny

as Smitha

Om Jai Jagadish

as Neetu's mother

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

as Shabana

Zubeidaa

as Rose Davenport

Monsoon Wedding

as Pimmi Verma

Driving Miss Palmen

as Connie Palmen

Bawandar

2000

as Anita

6.0

Television (16)

Dabba Cartel

as Moushumi Majumdar

Showtime

as Sarika

Waack Girls

as Abby (Tess's Mother)

Zindaginama

as Mitali

Murder in Agonda

as Mala

Star Wars: Visions

as Rugal (voice)

Call My Agent Bollywood

2021

as Special Appearance

3.5

Call My Agent Bollywood

as Lillete Dubey

Qubool Hai 2.0

as Phuphi

Tryst With Destiny

as Mrs. Ashwa

Queen

2019

as Interviewer

6.7

The Reunion

2018

as Leela (Special Appearance)

8.0

Yeh Crazy Dil

2018

as Sunaina

Akoori

2018

as Rita Shah

7.0

Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

2002

as Herself

6.0

Kabhie Kabhie

1997

as Shama Joshi