Tisca Chopra

Trivia

• Tisca has hosted the National Bravery Awards 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi National Awards 2008 and also a Quiz show on National Geographic Channel for the TERI, called Terraquiz.
• She also work with the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), a high level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, working for educational reforms pan India.
• Tisca is currently endorsing a skincare brand and a DTH cable service.
• Tisca hosted a consumer grievances show on TV called Main Hoon Na.
• Tisca polished her acting skills in theatre in Mumbai and soon her work was seen in plays like, Feroze Abbas Khan's Mahatma vs Gandhi, All The Best, Salesman Ramlal and Inshah Allah.
• She made her acting debut at the age of three, in a play.
• Tisca started writing for several publications as also plays for an amateur theatre group and college festivals.
• Tisca Chopra, is an Indian film and television actress.

Quotes

• "What works, what doesn’t is really something one can never tell. But Nandita has made a great film that has been loved by audiences worldwide. It has won many awards in almost all festivals. So we have done our bit. I have full faith that it will be very well liked and raise many questions!!"
• "Naseer Sir has taught me acting. I have done many workshops with him. It was very different to meet him on a film set and not in a workshop. I play his student in the film too. Sanjay Suri is really fun and easy to work with."
• "Excellent I have now done three films with debutant directors like Aamir, Nandita and now my new film a comedy directed by Sharat Kataria."
• "I had to learn my lines in Gujrati, as I play a Gujrati woman and constantly keep in mind the underlying threat of the recent violence in the city, while performing."
• "The reason for becoming an actor is to be able to live different lives. So I try to do roles as different as possible."
• "I always get roles through standard procedures; reading for the part or auditioning. I read for the role of Anuradha Desai and Nandita thought I fit the bill."
• "I play a woman of my own age and more similar in values to me personally than any other character that I have played."
• "It is a bold and strong tale about our recent history and the trauma that lives went through in the aftermath of the tragedy in Gujrat."