Teesha Nigam (born 21 December) is an Indian

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and the sister of famed Bollywood playback singer

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

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, Gunde Jhallumandi, and

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.She has also sung for multiple Bollywood Films such as Singh Saab The Great, ShortKut and Wanted.

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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