Nisha Noor (1962–2007) was an Indian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. She was mainly active in

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

and

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

films. She also acted in few

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

and

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

as well.

Career

Nisha Noor was popular for her roles in the films like '' Kalyana Agathigal'' (1986) and ''

Iyer the Great ''Iyer the Great'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language psychological thriller film directed by Bhadran and starring Mammootty, Geetha, Shobana, Sukumari and Devan. The film was a commercial success upon release. M. S. Mani won the National ...

'' (1990). She acted in several other films like '' Tik Tik Tik'' (1981), the critically acclaimed ''

Chuvappu Naada ''Chuvappu Naada'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film has musical score by S. P. Venkatesh. Cast * Nisha Noor Soundtrack The music was composed by S. P. Venkatesh and the lyrics were written by P ...

'', ''

Mimics Action 500 ''Mimics Action 500'' is a 1995 Indian Malayalam comedy film, directed by Balu Kiriyath and produced by Harikumaran Thampi. The film stars Rajan P. Dev, KPAC Lalitha, A. C. Zainuddin and Abi in the lead roles. The film's musical score was done ...

'', '' Inimai Idho Idho'' etc. She was at the peak of her career during 1980 to 1986 and worked with directors such as

K. Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...

and Chandrashekar. Noor died in 2007 from

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-related complications.

Partial filmography

Tamil

* ''

Mangala Nayagi ''Mangala Nayaki'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju, starring Srikanth and K. R. Vijaya. The film had musical score by V. Kumar and was released on 21 March 1980. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Saajan B ...

'' (1980) * ''Muyalakku Moonu Kaal'' (1980) * ''

Ilamai Kolam ''Ilamai Kolam'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by N. Venkatesh. The film stars Suman, Raadhika and Pratap Pothen. It was released on 19 July 1980. Plot Cast * Suman as Rajesh *Raadhika *Pratap Pothen * Nisha *K. R. Ind ...

'' (1980) * '' Enakkaga Kaathiru'' (1981) * '' Tik Tik Tik'' (1981) * ''Manamadurai Malli'' (1982 * '' Inimai Idho Idho'' (1983) * ''

Aval Sumangalithan ''Aval Sumangalithan'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Visu. The film stars Karthik and Ilavarasi. It was released on 19 July 1985. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Punyasthree''. The film was adapted from Visu's pl ...

'' (1985)...Stella * ''

Sri Raghavendrar ''Sri Raghavendrar'' is a 1985 Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and was produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth, portraying the title character, in his 100th film. Lakshmi, Vishnuvardh ...

'' (1985) * '' Kalyana Agathigal'' (1986) * ''Aval Oru Vasantham'' (1992)

Malayalam

* ''

'' (1990) * ''

Mimics Parade ''Mimics Parade'' is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Thulasidas and starring Siddique, Jagadish, Sunitha, Suchitra and Alummoodan in the lead roles. The film has two sequels, '' Kasargod Khader Bhai'' (1992) and '' Ag ...

'' (1990) * ''

Devasuram ''Devaasuram'' () is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Ranjith. It stars Mohanlal, Revathi, and Napoleon, with Innocent, V. K. Sreeraman, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Augustine in supporting rol ...

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1995)

References

Actresses from Chennai 1962 births 2007 deaths Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses AIDS-related deaths in India {{India-actor-stub