No big deal about Hollywood!

She has wowed the classes the world over with her powerhouse performances, but it���s the masses she���s keen to impress back home.
And for Tannishtha Chatterjee it���s recognition in her homeland that matters more than getting to rub shoulders with international celebs. And even a nomination alongside Judi Dench and Anne Hathaway for her role in Brick Lane, a film Bhopal: Prayer for Rain opposite Martin Sheen, apart from several international projects in her kitty hasn���t prompted the Delhi-based actress to pack her bags and move to the west permanently.
���International fame feels good, but for me recognition on homeground is as much important. I mean, I would absolutely love to work with actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp someday, but I���d be equally excited about working with Naseeruddin Shah and Irrfan Khan here,��� smiles the dusky actress who admits that she doesn���t understand why should Indian actors be awed by their Hollywood counterparts or the big deal about doing international films. ���I think Hollywood actors are good, but then so are our Bollywood actors,��� she says.
The young actress who has been there and done it all is now training her sights on Bollywood. ���I know most actors usually move on to international cinema after tasting success in Bollywood, but my career���s following the opposite trajectory and I���m looking forward to doing some interesting films here.��� The fact that she���s played the protagonist in most of her films in the past, isn���t going to stop her from doing the hero-dominated kind of films in Bollywood.
���Yes, I know there���s a dearth of good female-centric films in Bollywood, but I don���t mind playing the second fiddle to the hero once in a while.��� And the ones she looks forward to working with are? ���I���d love to do comedy with Akshay Kumar, an action film with Saif Ali Khan and a romantic film with Aamir Khan. I have played complex characters, Bollywood would be a good change,��� laughs the actress. ���In fact, I���ll be a package deal since I can not only act, but also dance and sing.���
Eager to demystify the notion that actors associated with parallel cinema have certain sensibilities and hence feel like misfits in Bollywood, Tannishtha says, ���For me it���s all about acting convincingly. The medium, genre, language don���t make a difference. Most of the roles that I���ve accepted so far have pushed me beyond my own limits as an actor, that���s what really allures me to do a film, but that doesn���t mean I���ll feel uncomfortable dancing on snow-clad mountain peaks in a flimsy sari!���
So while she prepares to take a plunge in Bollyland, will her international projects take a backseat? ���No, not really. The past few years have taught me to live out of a suitcase and I think I���ll keep that up. Am not going to hang my travelling shoes yet,��� she smiles.