Tisca Chopra

Tisca is known for carefully choosing to be part of stories that needed to be brought to the people. With the burning desire to act,every endeavor of hers has been respected and applauded.Tisca has acted in over 50 feature films in different languages with many eminent directors like Aamir Khan, Prakash Jha, Sudhir Mishra, Abhinay Deo and others. As someone who’s always refused to settle for the mediocre,her persistence and passion not only won her acclaim and fame, but also 2 Filmfare Awards for a film she Wrote, Produced and Acted in,Chutney. Taare Zameen Par,one of her sterling performances was Indian cinema’s official entry to the League of Academy Awards.Her film where she played a refugee, Qissa – Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) in 2013 & was featured in over 20 festivals.Tisca was nominated at the New York Indian Film Festival in the Best Actress category for her work in ‘10Ml Love’, a film based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Her intense performance in the Indian adaptation of the American series '24' was much lauded and made her a household name.Hostages, her debut on the Web is a runaway hit, endearing her even more to the audiences.Good Newwz where she played a key role as a doctor was also one of the biggest hits of the year.Tisca has also acted in the Pulitzer Award winning play, ‘Dinner with Friends’, which deals with the state of the modern marriage. She’s been on the jury of the prestigious MAMI Film Festival.
Adding another feather to her illustrious hat, Tisca herself created a path to showcase the idea of rising above barriers through filmmaking.Each of her short films have been about breaking barriers
• Chutney breaks the ‘thought barriers’ where youth and beauty are prime parameters of how women are perceived
• Chhuri breaks barriers about pre conceived notions of what an Indian Housewife should be like
• Socha Na Tha, was a film made at the time when everyone was getting depressed and didn’t know how to go about filming,Tisca created this film by breaking barriers of old methods.It was directed over the phone and created when everyone was in lockdown
• Rubaru a short she has co-written, directed, acted in and produced, is in post production and close to Release
Beyond her acting career, Tisca has worked with Sam Pitroda on the National Knowledge Commission, to help revamp the Education system.She works consistently with NGOs and small business to give a leg up to entrepreneurs.
She has authored a book called ‘Acting Smart’ which talks about the ingredients needed to make a successful career as an actor.