Tisca Chopra: Digital platform is changing the face of cinema

Actress Tisca Chopra who is making her digital debut with web series Hostages and also gearing up for her directorial venture in Bollywood says high quality production and content in the web space is keeping filmmakers on their toes to deliver good cinemaThe way the web space is booming films have to be reinvented by the makers In the web space makers are not looking for a heroheroine story They are looking for stories that are engaging Tisca told IANS Bollywood said the Taare Zameen Par actress was still chasing a formulaThe big change is that in recent times none of those formula films have worked well at the box office Rather films like iumliquestfrac12Badhaai Ho iumliquestfrac12Stree and recently iumliquestfrac12The Tashkent Files earned good reviews and considerably good business That way I think digital entertainment is changing the face of cinema she remarkedTisca who has worked in films and television feels a dire need for filmmakers to reorient themselves to cater to an audience that is well exposed to good storytelling If filmmakers wont up their game it will be difficult for them to pull the audience to the theatres she saidHowever she said No one will deny the fact that a film has its own charmwatching a film sitting in a dark room on a big screen is really an experienceIn Hostages directed by Sudhir Mishra Tisca shares screen space with actors Ronit Roy Parvin Dabas Aashim Gulati and Anangsha Biswas She essays a doctor named Mira Anand in the show which will begin streaming on OTT platform Hotstar from May 31Tisca will also be seen in the Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Good News Talking about playing character roles in commercial cinema Tisca said I really dont look at any character that way it has to interest me Of course when it is a lead role it meatier But Karan iumliquestfrac12Good News producer Karan Johar has to offer me such a roleWhen offered the role in Good News she said I found it interesting Hopefully people will like it she added Apart from acting Tisca has also tried her hand at production and backed the awardwinning short film ChutneyStating that short film is quite an interesting space where the idea or the story is the key Tisca said Since making a short film does not require a lot of money it is comparatively easy to makeOn iumliquestfrac12Chutney she said I had a certain amount of money and I decided to put it in the project I also got a friend and partner Rasika actress Rasika Dugal who also put equal amount of moneyWhen we started looking for someone ready to buy the film we got a buyer who gave us six times the budget Maybe we were lucky In a short film therefore one has to get an idea which is saleable As feature film involves a lot of money its a little toughOn her plans to direct a feature film Tisca said We have just finished scripting We are going to the next level of casting and other processes Let us hope its not difficult But even if it is we will do it she assertedAlso ReadTisca Chopra Happy to make people aware about crimesTop entertainment stories of the dayVeeru Devgans last rites Amitabh Bachchan and other Bollywood celebs pay their respectsAnil Kapoor remembers Veeru Devgan His innovation was far ahead of VFXKaran Johar to host another talk show featuring Bollywood star wivesMadhuri Dixit on Kalanks failure Certain things are not in our controlRakesh Roshan remembers Veeru Devgan A great technician the ideal family manKubbra Sait reunites with Sumeet Vyas for RejctxShantanu Maheshwari If Tiger Shroff can play a college student so can IBandra Diaries Malaika Aroras latest gym look will make you stop and stareSRK Sunny Deol Bobby Deol and Sanjay Dutt visit Ajay Devgns Juhu home to offer condolencesHeres what happened when Mrunal Thakur once walked in Hrithik Roshans vanityAparshakti Khurana Tahira is my pillar of supportCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates