What do you do when your dads a living legend in badminton and elder sister a runaway hit in Bollywood? You take up golf.

If charting ones own path is what the Padukone family specialises in, then Anisha, the younger daughter of Prakash, has made a quiet but confident start.

She wants to become a professional golfer and is among the 50-odd golfers from all over the country having a go at the Pune Open Womens Golf Championship.

For her age, the XII standard (junior) psychology student from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, is quite clear about what she wants from life.

"This is what my grandfather has taught my father. We all follow the same principle. Take up whatever you feel is good for you. I have taken up golf because I like it and want to become a professional."

On being asked why she quit cricket after representing Karnataka as an opening batsman, Anisha replies, "It was in schools. I was too young to take any decisions then. Now that I have entered junior college I feel that I can now take decisions.

Anisha is indifferent about the celebrity status her father and sister enjoy. "Thats how you (the media) project them. For me, he is my daddy and nothing beyond that. Deepika is my sister and we are a loving family."

Though the media have sought her out for being a member of the Padukone family, Anisha feels its a matter of time before she makes her own mark.

She admits to missing her sister but is mature enough to understand that they have separate lives.

"To a certain extent I miss my sister but she has her life and I mine. My dad and mom are there with me. That makes a big difference."

But she doesn't believe stardom has brought about any change in Deepikas attitude."She is the same Deepika akka (elder sister) as I have known for many years. Anisha says its been a couple of years that she has taken up golf in all seriousness.

"It was after my SSLC (10th standard) that I did get to move out. In the over 14 tournaments that I have played in the last two years I have won a couple of them. That boosted my morale."

Within the next five years, Anisha has set herself a goal. "I could turn professional," she laughs.