Teesha Nigam (born 21 December) is an Indian

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and the sister of famed Bollywood playback singer

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Governme ...

. Teesha achieved limelight with the song 'Dheera Dheera' from

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, for which she won the Best Debutant Female Singer at Mirchi Awards and the Best Female Playback Singer Awards at the CineMaa Awards. She has sung in numerous Telugu movies including

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, Saleem, Sree, Political Rowdy,

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, and

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.She has also sung for multiple Bollywood Films such as

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and

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Early life

She was born on 21 December in

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to singers Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam. Her original name was Neekita Nigam. She is the younger sister of

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