A
lot
has
changed
for
women
in
Bollywood,
but
Tisca
Chopra
feels
there
are
still
miles
to
go.
The
actor
says
women
need
to
take
things
in
their
hands
and
start
"writing,
producing
and
directing" to
script
a
positive
change
in
the
industry.
"Things
are
changing,
but
much
more
needs
to
change.
Not
enough
change
has
happened
and
the
pace
of
the
change
has
to
be
faster,
and
for
that
women
need
to
start
writing,
producing
and
directing," said
Tisca.
"A
female
perspective
is
a
female's
perspective.
If
a
woman
can
make
a
baby,
she
can
surely
make
a
film,"
she
added.
The
actor
is
doing
her
bit.
"I
have
made
a
short
film
Chutney.
My
next
short
film
is
ready
and
we
are
working
on
the
third
one.
The
working
title
of
the
third
one
is
Delhi
Wale
Bhatia.
We
are
very
excited
to
bring
that
to
people,"
added
Tisca.
Chutney
was
the
first
film
of
her
production
banner
The
Eastern
Way.
Tisca
entered
Bollywood
with
Platform
in
1993,
and
has
made
a
name
for
herself
with
power-packed
performances
in
projects
like
Taare
Zameen
Par,
Firaaq,
Qissa:
The
Tale
of
a
Lonely
Ghost,
TV
show
24
and
Ghayal
Once
Again.
Chutney-
Short
Film
screening
|
Tisca
Chopra
|
Rasika
|
Adil
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Filmibeat
Her
film
The
Hungry
premiered
at
the
Toronto
International
Film
Festival
(TIFF)
2017.
As
part
of
The
Selection
series,
some
of
the
popular
films
screened
previously
at
TIFF
will
be
aired
on
Star
Movies
Select
HD
till
September
17.
After
working
in
the
Indian
film
industry
for
long,
Tisca
hopes
more
importance
is
given
to
stronger
content
other
than
just
"repeating
brainless
stuff".
"The
change
that
I
would
like
see
(in
Bollywood)
very
much
is
a
stronger
focus
on
content
rather
than
just
keep
on
making
brainless
stuff
which
is
repeated
again
and
again.
I
would
be
very
happy
if
they
(the
industry)
spend
more
time
and
money
on
writers
and
content
because
eventually
that
would
help
you.
I
am
not
saying
that
other
films
won't
work,
but
that
content-driven
films
are
working,
and
that
area
of
ours
is
very
weak...
That
needs
to
change."
The
Hungry,
which
also
stars
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Neeraj
Kabi,
Arjun
Gupta,
Sayani
Gupta,
Antonio
Aakeel
and
Suraj
Sharma,
is
based
on
William
Shakespeare's
Titus
Andronicus.
Following
the
life
of
Tulsi
Joshi
(Tisca),
a
widow
and
bride-to-be
who
arrives
at
her
own
wedding
seeking
revenge
for
the
brutal
murder
of
her
first-born
son,
the
movie
explores
the
violence
that
exists
between
power
and
love.
Tisca
is
proud
that
her
film
got
a
chance
to
go
to
TIFF,
which
doesn't
emphasise
on
fashion
and
make-up,
but
cinema.
"The
festival
is
not
about
clothes
or
make-up.
It
has
cinema
at
its
heart...
It
is
a
great
market
and
a
great
place
to
network,"
she
said.
Talking
about
The
Hungry,
Tisca
said,
"One
can't
really
imagine
a
better
scenario
than
doing
Shakespeare
with
Naseeruddin
sir.
It
doesn't
get
better
than
that.
Having
said
that,
as
an
actor,
the
role
that
was
one
of
the
most
challenging
that
I
have
ever
done...
I
normally
work
very
hard
but
this
time
I
had
to
work
a
little
extra
hard.
It
was
a
completely
new
experience
for
me
to
stretch
myself
as
an
actor."