Glamour doesn’t matter for Tisca

But Tisca Chopra has opted for a different career path. Not someone who believes in running on the same treadmill as many her contemporaries do, she has chosen meaningful roles that have come her way.At present, she is awaiting the release of Firaaq with whichactor Nandita Das has turned director for the first time. Talking about herrole, she says, ���The film is about post-riot Gujarat. I play the characterof Anuradha Desai, an educated upper-middle class woman married to a Muslimplayed by Sanjay Suri. The role is one that Nandita wrote for herself, and isvery close to her heart as it is to mine. I identify very closely with thecharacter.���During the film���s making, the versatile actor gotalong very well with the debutante director. ���It was great working withNandita. I felt a sort of comfort and easy chemistry with her. She is very sureabout what she wants from an actor and the role.���From Hyderabad Blues 2 to Taare Zameen Par to Firaaq now, Tisca seems to have a knack for walking off the beaten track. But, when one asks her how it feels to be such a glamorous woman, she takes the compliment very casually. ���It honestly doesn���t affect me. I wake up with the same issues like other women. I have my days when I feel fat, ugly and photograph marginally better than an average housewife perhaps. A makeup artiste or a cameraman can do the same trick on anyone else. The more important thing is that I be identified as an actor of substance.��� That she has proved with roles like the one in Taare Zameen Par which won her rave reviews. ���I had a jolly good time working with Aamir Khan. I did not feel the pressure of working with him at all. Sometimes, there were shots where I would call for a retake because I wasn���t too sure how my performance had turned out.��� Now, that explains her confidence when someone like Aamir is behind the camera.But, few people know theother side of Tisca. She is a devout Buddhist which she converted to afterreading deeply about it for a couple of years. Has it proved to be a turningpoint in her life? ���You bet! It has proved to be one of the most fruitfuldecisions of my life, and it has paid off in every possibleway.���So, what does she have up her sleeve next? ���I haveMayabazar with Mamootty, I just wound up a comedy and, as of now, I���m offto Japan to take a break.��� After such a hectic schedule, she deservesone.Also See Tisca Chopra���s HomepageDating an attractive woman?Sex resolutions' 09Rev up your sex life in wintersHigh sex hormone 'make women unfaithful'