Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Tisca Chopra, who made her debut with Ajay Devgan in "Platform", has landed herself a plum role in Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par and says it's an opportunity of a lifetime for her. "For someone who has waited on the fringes for so long, my role is like a heaven-sent opportunity," Tisca told IANS.

"There are only four principal characters in the film and I am one of them. I play mother to the boy Darsheel Safary. He has to be seen to be believed! The boy is that good," she added.

The actress, who tried her luck on TV in serials like "Astitva Ek Prem Kahaani" and "Sarrkar", describes the experience of working with Aamir as director as an eye-opener.

"He's a wonderful human being and great person to work with. Taare Zameen Par belongs in the life-changing genre of Rang De Basanti and Swades."

Remind her of the fact that Amol Gupte was earlier directing the film, and Tisca goes blank. "As far as I'm concerned Aamir was always directing Taare Zameen Par."

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Abbas-Mustan to produce their first Hindi Film

Many leading directors from Subhash Ghai to Rakesh Roshan have decided to let other directors make films for them. And the latest to join the list is director duo Abbas-Mustan.

Abbas-Mustan, who have so far directed films for outside producers, have now turned producers with the Tamil version of Nishikant Kamath's "Dombivali Fast".

"And he has done such a brilliant job. We've now decided to remake the film in Hindi with the same director. It has to be the same director, since no other director can translate the vision the same way," said Abbas.

"In fact, the Tamil version of Nishikant's film is better than the Marathi. We we're sure the Hindi version will be even better," he added.

While the Tamil version stars R. Madhavan as an ordinary man struggling to keep his sanity, the Hindi version is yet to be cast.

"We may cast a big star or an unknown face. We now intend to produce many more films. We'll soon be announcing five-six films with new and established directors."

Commenting on the director's new roles, Prakash Jha said: "Its very simple logistics. I can personally make one film a year. What does my office staff, and infrastructure do the rest of the year?"

Jha has directors like Sudhir Mishra and Nana Patekar on his pay roll.