Nisha Agarwal

Nisha Aggarwal
Aggarwal at Lakme Fashion Week in 2012
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2010–2014
Spouse
Karan Valecha
(m. 2013)
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Children1
RelativesKajal Aggarwal (sister)

Nisha Aggarwal is a former Indian actress and model who appeared in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the younger sister of actress Kajal Aggarwal.[2][3][4]

Early life

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Aggarwal was born and brought up in a Punjabi Hindu family settled in Mumbai.[5] Her father Vinay Aggarwal, is an entrepreneur in the textile business and her mother Suman Aggarwal is a confectioner,[6] and her sister's business manager. She has an elder sister Kajal Aggarwal, an actress in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema.[7][8][9]

Personal life

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Aggarwal married a Mumbai-based businessman Karan Valecha, who is the owner of Gold's gym chain [10][11] on 28 December 2013. On 27 October 2017, she gave birth to their son, Ishaan Valecha.[12][13]

Career

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In late 2010, Kajal Aggarwal announced that Nisha would make her acting debut in Telugu films.[14] Nisha had been travelling with her elder sister to the shooting sets and soon got noticed. Her first Telugu film, she said, happened after the director saw stills of her in a magazine.[15] Her first film was the romantic drama, Yemaindi Ee Vela, which was a box office success.[16] Her performance was praised by critics.[17] Her next film was Solo, which released in late 2011 and featured her as a medical college student, with a reviewer from Rediff stating that she "proves her acting talents in the second half, especially the climax".[18]

She made her debut in Tamil with the film Ishtam (2012), a remake of Yemaindi Ee Vela,[19] which was a box office failure.[citation needed] She appeared as a "chatpata village girl" in 2013 opposite Aadi and Bhavna Ruparel in Sukumarudu.[20] Later that year she starred in a film titled Saradaga Ammayitho that saw her pairing with her Yemaindi Ee Vela co-star Varun Sandesh again. In 2014, she entered the Malayalam film industry with Bhaiyya Bhaiyya, playing Angel, an "educated and headstrong girl",[15] who is the daughter of an ex-minister.[21] She then appeared in another Malayalam film, Cousins.[22]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Language
2010 Yemaindi Ee Vela Avantika Telugu
2011 Solo Vaishnavi
2012 Ishtam Sandhya Tamil
2013 Sukumarudu Sankari Telugu
2013 Saradaga Ammayitho Geetha
2014 Bhaiyya Bhaiyya Angel Malayalam
2014 Cousins Mallika

References

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  1. ^ Sandeep Atreysa (22 October 2013). "Nisha Aggarwal to marry in December". Deccan Chronicle. archive.is. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Kajal Agarwal's sis to make entry". IndiaGlitz. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ Deepa Soman (16 May 2014). "Being Kajal's sister helped me: Nisha Aggarwal". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Kajal Agarwal's sister takes the plunge". Rediff. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. ^ "I don't cross the border with my co-stars: Kajal Aggarwal". The Times of India. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ Mauli Singh. "Kajal Agarwal: I am here to stay..." Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  7. ^ T.S. SUDHIR. "If You're Willing, She's Reddy". OutlookIndia.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  8. ^ Sunayana Suresh. "South's top earning heroines". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Kajal: Most wanted". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  10. ^ Das, Biprorshee. "Got bored of cardio and started football: Karan Valecha, director, Gold's Gym India". The Economic Times.
  11. ^ "Actress Nisha Aggarwal to marry Karan Valecha of Gold's Gym - WeddingSutra Blog".
  12. ^ "Kajal Aggarwal introduces nephew Ishaan with an unbelievably adorable photo". India Today. 21 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Nisha Aggarwal expecting her first child". Deccan Chronicle. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Kajal Agarwal Introduces her younger sister Nisha Agarwal". Telugu.way2movies.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  15. ^ a b Shruti Karthikeyan (9 June 2014). "You can't fool the Malayali audience, says Nisha Agarwal". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  16. ^ Sunita Chowdhary (15 July 2012). "High calibre - Hyderabad". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Yemaindi Ee Vela film review – Varun Sandesh & Nisha Agarwal". Idlebrain.com. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Review: Solo is a one time watch". Rediff.com. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  19. ^ P Sangeetha (16 January 2017). "I'm Kajal's biggest critic: Nisha Aggarwal". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  20. ^ "I play a chatpata village girl in Sukumarudu". Rediff.com. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Brother to brother – The Hindu". The Hindu. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  22. ^ "Nisha Aggarwal replaces Bhavana in Vysakh's Cousins". The Times of India. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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