Nisha

Nisha may refer to:

Language

• Nisha means Night in Sanskrit. In Hindi this word is taken as such.^{[citation needed]}
• In Tamil Nisha is termed as Nisi meaning mid-night.
• Nisha is the Goddess of Night according to Hindu mythology.

People

• Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, writer and actress
• Nisha Nayar, British actress who played Angela in Different for Girls, a 1996 British comedy
• Nisha Patel-Nasri, murdered British-Indian Special constable (died May 2006)
• Nisha Rajagopal, classical playback singer

Miscellaneous

• Nisha, a cyclone nametropical cyclone name
• Nisha Nimantran a poem by Indian poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Fictional characters

• Nisha, a character in the 2003 Pakistani film Pyar Hi Pyar Mein
• Nisha, a character in the The Art of the Heist, an alternate reality game created to promote the Audi A3
• Nisha Choudhury, a character played by Madhuri Dixit in the 1994 Bollywood film Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
• Nisha, a character played by Raveena Tandon in the 2000 Indian romantic comedy Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000 film)
• Nisha, a character played by Sunetra Sarker in the 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 Patel/Nisha Kumar, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Tere Mere Sapne
• Nisha, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Kathputli
• Nisha, a character played by Manisha Koirala in the 1993 film Insaaniyat Ke Devta
• Nisha, a character played by Manisha Koirala in the 2001 film Chuppa Rustam
• Nisha, a character played by Konkona Sen Sharma in the 2005 film Amavas
• Nisha, a character played by Neelima Azim in the 1995 film Zamana Deewana
• Nisha Thappar, a character played by Karisma Kapoor in the 2001 filmEk Rishtaa: The Bond of Love
• Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 1998 film Major Saab
• Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 2000 film Dhaai 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 Chopra, a character played by Juhi Chawla in the 1999 film Arjun Pandit
• Nisha Bains, a station café waitress on Postman Pat, a BBC stop motion animated children's television series aimed at pre-school children
• Nisha,a character played by Tamannaah in the 2010 tamil movieThillalangadi