Eesha Koppikhar is throwing herself into martial arts in the hope

Eesha Koppikhar is throwing herself into martial arts in the hope that she lands an action movie - but for now she’s keeping it simple.

The actress is currently on track to be seen in Ek Vivaah, where she stars opposite Sonu Sood. Famous for doing some sizzling item numbers, including Khallas and Ishq Samundar, Eesha will play a demure village girl in the movie, made by the family saga director Suraj Barjatya.

The film releases next Friday.

"Ek Vivaah has given me a chance to explore my personality as an actress," Eesha said, "I was looking for a role of an Indian girl, who is loving, a perfectionist, believes in commitment and has strong values. This film offered me that and it is a complete family movie," she said.

"I wear very simple and ethnic clothes in the film. I don’t wear too much make-up and the entire look is very serene. I liked doing it," she said.

For now, however, Eesha is busy with the promotion of "Ek Vivaah..." in which she plays a small town girl Chandni, who dons the mantle of being the bread-winner of her family from being a naive bride-to-be after the death of her father.

But she’s probably had enough of that already. The glam doll is learning taekwondo and says she is a red belt in it, having worked at it for many years.

"I love action and I really want to do an action film. Maybe something like ’Mr. & Mrs. Smith’, ’Charlie’s Angels’ or a ’Million Dollar Baby’," Eesha said.

"Taekwondo requires your entire body to work at the same time and it helps the mind also. I feel while practising taekwondo, one becomes more focussed," Eesha said.

Having spent eight years doing item numbers and character roles, the actress is now "happy to have moved on from friendly and special appearances to better and full-fledged roles". After "Ek Vivaah...", Eesha will be seen in "Har Pall", "Hello Darling" and a lead role in Ram Gopal Varma’s "Shabri".