Rapid-fire fitness with Tisca Chopra, actress

Your favourite way to beat the heat?
Drinking lots of nimbu paani.

The recipe for gorgeous Tisca skin?
Get a Tisca mum!

Two hours to spare. Would you rather hit the neighbourhood gym or the nearest shopping mall?
Hit the gym, so that I can fit into the clothes I will later shop for at the mall.

After Taare Zameen Par, would you play a mother again even if you had to put on weight for the role?
Yes, in a heartbeat. My only condition would be that Shah Rukh Khan would have to direct me this time.

Aloo parathas and malai kulfi: avoid or bring it on?
Bring it on. I know I can burn all the extra calories.

A man with six-pack abs or one who can whip up a four-course meal?
Neither. I'd prefer someone with a six-pack brain and an eight-pack sense of humour.