Role Change

More than a year after Taare Zameen Par became a runaway hit,Tisca Chopra is still fighting to lose the image of a weepy mother.

More than a year after Taare Zameen Par became a runaway hit,Tisca Chopra is still fighting to lose the image of a weepy mother. I dont want to do such roles, she says firmly. Well,shes in luck first-time director Sharat Kataria has signed her on for Rangeen,alongside funny men Purab Kohli and Rajat Kapoor. I have a ribtickling comic role. Its diametrically opposite to my role in TZP, she says with a chuckle.

Perhaps to make the point even further,Chopra has a new slim look,which she accentuated in a figure-hugging outfit during a visit to Delhi last week to offer tips at a childrens acting workshop at the British Council. I recently started a weight loss programme to lose all the extra fat. I have always been fit and trim, she says.

She also has eyes set on Hollywood and reveals that her last trip was to Los Angeles,where she met a few casting agents. Back home,she will soon be seen in a cameo in Vinay Shuklas Mirch,a film on women emancipation,starring Konkana Sen Sharma and Raima Sen.

But,shes still looking for the film with a difference,a role that would match TZPs. I would love comedy but not slapstick or a satire. I would feel comfortable doing a situational comedy as that is the kind of cinema I have grown up on in the US, she says,adding that will soon be off for a family vacation to Scotland.

It isnt only films that keep her busy,Chopra is also attached with a project under the National Knowledge Commission to promote access to faster education in rural India.

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