Nishant Balakrishnan (born 8 June 1980), known professionally by his stage name Nishant Sagar , 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.

Career

Nishant Sagar made his Malayalam film debut in 1997 with Vijay P Nair's '' Ezhunilappanthal''. However, his most notable role came in the 1999 film ''Devadasi'', directed by

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. He was then pursuing his graduation. He got a breakthrough in 2000 when

Lohithadas Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas (10 May 1955 – 28 June 2009) was an Indian screenwriter, playwright, film maker, and producer who worked in the Malayalam film industry. In a career spanning over two decades, his films have won a Nationa ...

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 ''

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'' as Josekutty.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagar, Nishanth Male actors from Kerala Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Living people 1980 births People from Thalassery 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors