
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, Tisca's persistence and passion not only won her acclaim and fame, but also Two 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. Another film where Tisca played a refugee, "Qissa" - Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) in 2013 and 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 2020. 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. This film 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 in November 2020
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.

Movies
6.7
- Jul 09, 2014
- Punjabi
Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; as individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.
- Jun 13, 2013
- Hindi
A highly reputed doctor makes a small mistake, which costs the life of a kid Ankur Arora. Will he succeed in hiding his mistake or will the mother of the kid get Justice.
- Oct 06, 2011
- Hindi
A couple and many of their friends experience changes and challenges in their respective lives after attending a wedding.
- Jan 28, 2011
- Hindi
Three roommates are in search of true love. They each find a girl with whom they fall head over heels in love with. Now they just have to get the women to reciprocate.
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
- Oct 16, 2000
- Hindi
The show explored the worlds of its protagonists Parvati Aggarwal and Om Aggarwal, who live in a joint family where by Parvati is an ideal daughter-in-law of Aggarwal family and Om the ideal son.