{{short description|Indian actress}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Nisha Aggarwal | image = Nisha Agarwal.jpg | caption = Aggarwal at Lakme Fashion Week in 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra | occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress}} | parents = | spouse = {{marriage|Karan Valecha|2013}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/131022/entertainment-tollywood/article/nisha-aggarwal-marry-december |title=Nisha Aggarwal to marry in December |work=Deccan Chronicle |author=Sandeep Atreysa |publisher=archive.is |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=28 September 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140916121953/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/131022/entertainment-tollywood/article/nisha-aggarwal-marry-december |archive-date=16 September 2014}}</ref> <!-- not to be linked to the actor --> | relatives = Kajal Aggarwal (sister) | children = 1 | website = | years_active = 2010–2014 }} '''Nisha Aggarwal''' is a former Indian actress and a model who appeared in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the younger sister of actress Kajal Aggarwal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kajal-agarwals-sis-to-make-entry-tamil-news-52577.html |title=Kajal Agarwal's sis to make entry |website=IndiaGlitz |date=12 December 2009 |access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Being-Kajals-sister-helped-me-Nisha-Aggarwal/articleshow/35199892.cms |title=Being Kajal's sister helped me: Nisha Aggarwal |work=The Times of India |author=Deepa Soman |agency=TNN |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326174408/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Being-Kajals-sister-helped-me-Nisha-Aggarwal/articleshow/35199892.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nisha-agarwal-on-emaindi-ee-vela/20101111.htm |title=Kajal Agarwal's sister takes the plunge |publisher=Rediff |access-date=11 November 2010 |archive-date=24 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124130859/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nisha-agarwal-on-emaindi-ee-vela/20101111.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Early life== Aggarwal was born and brought up in a Punjabi Hindu family settled in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-dont-cross-the-border-with-my-co-stars-Kajal-Aggarwal/articleshow/18349237.cms |title=I don't cross the border with my co-stars: Kajal Aggarwal |website=The Times of India |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=2 April 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122160702/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-dont-cross-the-border-with-my-co-stars-Kajal-Aggarwal/articleshow/18349237.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father Vinay Aggarwal, is an entrepreneur in the textile business and her mother Suman Aggarwal is a confectioner,<ref name="kajalbirth">{{cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/jun/020611-Tollywood-star-Kajal-Agarwal-opposite-Ajay-Devgn-Singham.htm |title=Kajal Agarwal: I am here to stay... |newspaper=Mid-Day |author=Mauli Singh |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013232/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/jun/020611-Tollywood-star-Kajal-Agarwal-opposite-Ajay-Devgn-Singham.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and her sister's business manager. She has an elder sister Kajal Aggarwal, an actress in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?277580 |title=If You're Willing, She's Reddy |author=T.S. SUDHIR |publisher=OutlookIndia.com |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711223009/http://outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?277580 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Souths-top-earning-heroines/articleshow/12675082.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712065731/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-16/news-interviews/31345560_1_kannada-film-industry-indian-film-local-girl |url-status=live |archive-date=12 July 2013 |title=South's top earning heroines |author=Sunayana Suresh |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/Kajal-Most-wanted-imagegallery-tollywood-kcxsq9fghaf.html |title=Kajal: Most wanted |website=Sify |access-date=12 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116132555/http://www.sify.com/movies/Kajal-Most-wanted-imagegallery-tollywood-kcxsq9fghaf.html |archive-date=16 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Aggarwal married a Mumbai-based businessman Karan Valecha, who is the owner of Gold's gym chain <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/got-bored-of-cardio-and-started-football-karan-valecha-director-golds-gym-india/articleshow/48477600.cms |title=Got bored of cardio and started football: Karan Valecha, director, Gold's Gym India |newspaper=The Economic Times |last1=Das |first1=Biprorshee}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weddingsutra.com/blog/actress-nisha-aggarwal-to-marry-karan-valecha-of-golds-gym/ |title=Actress Nisha Aggarwal to marry Karan Valecha of Gold's Gym - WeddingSutra Blog}}</ref> on 28 December 2013. On 27 October 2017, she gave birth to their son, Ishaan Valecha.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kajal Aggarwal introduces nephew Ishaan with an unbelievably adorable photo|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kajal-aggarwal-nephew-ishaan-valecha-nisha-aggarwal-baby-1175224-2018-02-22|website=India Today|date=21 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 September 2017|title=Nisha Aggarwal expecting her first child|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/190917/nisha-aggarwal-expecting-her-first-child.html|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026064639/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/190917/nisha-aggarwal-expecting-her-first-child.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== In late 2010, Kajal Aggarwal announced that Nisha would make her acting debut in Telugu films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://telugu.way2movies.com/videossingle_telugu/Kajal-Agarwal-Introduces-her-Sister-Nisha-Agarwal-9-73346.html |title=Kajal Agarwal Introduces her younger sister Nisha Agarwal |publisher=Telugu.way2movies.com |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801221156/http://telugu.way2movies.com/videossingle_telugu/Kajal-Agarwal-Introduces-her-Sister-Nisha-Agarwal-9-73346.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/You-cant-fool-the-Malayali-audience-says-Nisha-Agarwal/articleshow/36252761.cms |author=Shruti Karthikeyan |title=You can't fool the Malayali audience, says Nisha Agarwal |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=9 June 2014 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=7 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107073908/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/You-cant-fool-the-Malayali-audience-says-Nisha-Agarwal/articleshow/36252761.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Her first film was the romantic drama, ''Yemaindi Ee Vela'', which was a box office success.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/high-calibre/article3640957.ece |author=Sunita Chowdhary |title=High calibre - Hyderabad |work=The Hindu |date=15 July 2012 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719054228/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/high-calibre/article3640957.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Her performance was praised by critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-yemaindieevela.html |title=Yemaindi Ee Vela film review – Varun Sandesh & Nisha Agarwal |publisher=Idlebrain.com |date=12 November 2010 |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=15 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815152047/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-yemaindieevela.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-south-solo-is-a-one-time-watch/20111125.htm |title=Review: Solo is a one time watch |work=Rediff.com |date=25 November 2011 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044803/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-south-solo-is-a-one-time-watch/20111125.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
Her Tamil film debut, ''Ishtam'' (2012), was a remake of ''Yemaindi Ee Vela'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Im-Kajals-biggest-critic-Nisha-Aggarwal/articleshow/11326630.cms |author=P Sangeetha |agency=TNN |title=I'm Kajal's biggest critic: Nisha Aggarwal |work=The Times of India |date=16 January 2017 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109114417/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Im-Kajals-biggest-critic-Nisha-Aggarwal/articleshow/11326630.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> which was a box office failure.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} She appeared as a "chatpata village girl" in 2013 opposite Aadi and Bhavna Ruparel in ''Sukumarudu''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nisha-agarwal-i--play-a-chatpata-village-girl-in-sukumarudu/20130508.htm#1 |title=I play a chatpata village girl in Sukumarudu |work=Rediff.com |date=8 May 2013 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092857/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nisha-agarwal-i--play-a-chatpata-village-girl-in-sukumarudu/20130508.htm#1 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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",<ref name=autogenerated1 /> who is the daughter of an ex-minister.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/brother-to-brother/article6032971.ece |title=Brother to brother – The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title --> |newspaper=The Hindu |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=16 September 2014 |archive-date=28 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528122727/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/brother-to-brother/article6032971.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> She then appeared in ''Cousins'' (2014), another Malayalam film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Nisha-Aggarwal-replaces-Bhavana-in-Vysakhs-Cousins/articleshow/38977920.cms |title=Nisha Aggarwal replaces Bhavana in Vysakh's Cousins |work=The Times of India |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=16 September 2014 |archive-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730162356/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Nisha-Aggarwal-replaces-Bhavana-in-Vysakhs-Cousins/articleshow/38977920.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language |- | 2010 || ''Yemaindi Ee Vela'' || Avantika || rowspan=2|Telugu |- | 2011 || ''Solo'' || Vaishnavi |- | 2012 || ''Ishtam'' || Sandhya || Tamil |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''Sukumarudu'' || Sankari ||rowspan=2|Telugu |- | ''Saradaga Ammayitho'' || Geetha / Dr. Anjali |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 || ''Bhaiyya Bhaiyya'' || Angel ||rowspan=2| Malayalam |- | ''Cousins''||Mallika / Malli |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=4214601}} * {{Twitter|AggNisha}}
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