Nishanth Balakrishnan (born 8 June 1980), known professionally by his stage name Nishanth Sagar pronounced [nɪˈʃaːnth sˈaɡə], is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. He has performed in over 50 films as a hero, co-star and antagonist.

Nishanth Sagar
Born
Nishanth Balakrishnan

1980 (1980) (age 44)[1]
Calicut, Kerala, India
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
SpouseVrinda
Children2
Parents
  • P. G. Balakrishnan
  • P. K. Pushpa
[2]

Career

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Nishant Sagar made his Malayalam film debut in 1997 with Vijay P Nair's unreleased Ezhunilappanthal.[3] However, his most notable role came in the 1999 film Devadasi, directed by Biju Varkey. He was then pursuing his graduation. He got a breakthrough in 2000 when Lohithadas cast him in Joker along with Dileep. In 2008, he has acted in an Indo-American movie named Pirate's Blood with Sunny Leone in the lead role, although the film was not released in India owing to distribution problems. Other than Joker, he is mainly noted for his roles in Thilakkam as Gopi and in Phantom as Josekutty.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Devadasi Mahi Debut film
Rishivamsham Krishnan
2000 Joker Sudheer Mishra
Manassil Oru Manjuthulli Manoj
Indriyam Sunny
2001 Nalacharitham Naalam Divasam Nandu
Kakki Nakshatram SI Achuthankutty
2002 Phantom Josekutty
2003 Thilakkam Gopi
Lesa Lesa Sekhar Tamil film
Anyar
Shingari Bolona Jayakrishnan
Pulival Kalyanam Ramesh Prasad
2004 Rasikan Arjun Ram
Freedom Majeed
Wanted Mani
2005 Lokanathan IAS Aravindan
Iruvattam Manavaatti Dr.Sudhir
2006 Kisan Ambadi
Pachakuthira College Student
Pathaaka Murugadas
Ravanan Vinod Kumar
2007 Soorya Kireedam Goutham
2008 Pakal Nakshatrangal Thushar
Chandranilekkoru Vazhi Chandran
Thirakkatha Kevin Paul
One Way Ticket Bhadran
Kovalam Christy
Aayudham Saajan/Yunus Mohammad
Mayakazhcha Aravinda Varma
Gulmohar Kuriakose
Pirate's Blood Sagar
2009 Swa Le Sandeep Jadeja
2010 9 KK Road Unnikrishnan
Kaaryasthan Anand
Punyam Aham Georgekutty
2011 The Metro Freddy
2012 Face2Face George Joseph
Mayamohini Special appearance in the title song
Banking Hours 10 to 4 Thief
Veeraputhran Odayathil
Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. Viswanathan
2013 101 Chodyangal Radhakrishnan
Players Aji
2014 Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal Hashim [4]
Angry Babies in Love Anwar
Villali Veeran
The Dolphins Biju
2015 Rudrasimhaasnam Harikrishnan
2016 Koppayile Kodumkattu Rahul
2017 Sakhavu Tony Manakkal
2018 Johny Johny Yes Appa Police Officer Sathyan
Uzhaikkum Paadhai Tamil movie
2019 Under World Mani
Valiya Perunnal Noushad
2021 One Shine Thomas
2022 Chathuram Adv. Roni Sacheria
Kochaal Sunny
Aanaparambile World Cup Najeem [5]
2023 Djinn Anvar Ibrahim
Masquerade Mahesh Nair TV Mini Series
RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Davis
Garudan Nari Suni [6]
2024 Anweshippin Kandethum Member Koruth
Turbo Nikhil

References

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  1. ^ "Thiranottam: A chat with actor Nishant Sagar! -- Part 1". 27 March 2011 – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ^ "Mollywood Movie Actor Nishanth Sagar Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u.
  3. ^ "Ezhunilappanthal (1997)".
  4. ^ "Nishanth Sagar in Mosayile Kuthirameenukal - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Aanaparambile World Cup trailer out". Cinema Express. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (26 June 2023). "'Garudan' teaser: Suresh Gopi bashes up goons with a motorbike helmet". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 October 2023. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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