Nisha Explained
Nisha, meaning "night" in Sanskrit (निशा, nishā), is an Indian female given name, and may refer to:
People
- Nisha Botchwey, Jamaican-American academic administrator
- Nisha Ganatra (born 1974), Canadian director, writer
- Nisha Nayar, British actress
- Nisha Noor (1962-2007), Indian actress
- Nisha Patel-Nasri (1977–2006), murdered British policewoman
- Nisha Rajagopal (born 1980), Carnatic singer
- Nisha Agarwal (born 1989), Indian actress
- Nisha Adhikari (born 1986), Nepali actress
- Nisha Warsi (born 1995), field hockey player
Characters
Film and television
- Nisha Bains, a station café waitress on Postman Pat, a BBC stop motion animated children's television series aimed at pre-school children
- Nisha Chopra, a character played by Juhi Chawla in the 1999 film Arjun Pandit
- Nisha Choudhury, a character played by Madhuri Dixit in the 1994 Bollywood film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
- Nisha Patel / Nisha Kumar, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Tere Mere Sapne
- Nisha Thappar, a character played by Karisma Kapoor in the 2001 film
- Nisha, a character in the 2003 Pakistani film Pyar Hi Pyar Mein
- Nisha, a character played by Raveena Tandon in the 2000 Indian film Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
- Nisha, a character played by Supriya Pathak in the 1983 film Bekaraar
- Nisha, a character played by Sunetra Sarker in Brookside, a soap opera based in Liverpool that first aired in 1982
- Nisha, a character played by Preity Zinta in Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), and again in Krrish (2006), a Bollywood science fiction film
- Nisha, a character played by Karisma Kapoor Dil To Pagal Hai a 1997 Bollywood comedy-drama
- Nisha, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Kathputli
- Nisha, a character played by Manisha Koirala in the 1993 film Insaniyat Ke Devta
- Nisha, a character played by Neelima Azim in the 1995 film Zamaana Deewana
- Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 1998 film Major Saab
- Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 2000 film Dhai Akshar Prem Ke
- Nisha, a character played by Shilpa Shetty in the 1996 film Himmat
- Nisha, a character played by Mahima Chaudhry in the 1999 film Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin
- Nisha, a character played by Himani Shivpuri in the film Anjaam
- Nisha, a character played by Tamannaah in the 2010 Tamil film Thillalangadi
- Nisha, a character played by Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the 2012 Tamil film Podaa Podi
- Nisha, a character played by Esha Gupta in the 2013 film Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
- Nisha, a character played by Kajal Agarwal in the 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki
- Nisha, a character played by Nikki Galrani in the 2015 Tamil film Darling
Video games
- Nisha the Lawbringer, a playable character in the 2014 video game
- Nisha Roberts, a playable character in the video game The Art of the Heist
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