Nishanth Sagar

Nishanth Balakrishnan (born 8 June 1980), known professionally by his stage name Nishanth Sagar pronounced [nɪˈʃaːnth sˈaɡə], is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in over 50 films.

Nishanth Sagar
Born	Nishanth Balakrishnan 1980 (1980) (age 45) Thodupuzha, Kerala, India[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Vrinda
Children	2

Career

Nishant Sagar made his Malayalam film debut in 1997 with Vijay P Nair's unreleased Ezhunilappanthal. However, his most notable role came in the 1999 film Devadasi, directed by Biju Varkey. He was then pursuing his graduation. He got a breakthrough in 2000 when Lohithadas 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 role in Thilakkam as Gopi.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Devadasi	Mahi	Debut film
	Rishivamsham	Krishnan
2000	Joker	Sudheer Mishra
	Manassil Oru Manjuthulli	Manoj
	Indriyam	Sunny
2001	Nalacharitham Naalam Divasam	Nandu
	Kakki Nakshatram	SI Achuthankutty
2002	Phantom	Josekutty
2003	Thilakkam	Gopi
	Lesa Lesa	Sekhar	Tamil film
	Anyar
	Shingari Bolona	Jayakrishnan
	Pulival Kalyanam	Ramesh Prasad
2004	Rasikan	Arjun Ram
	Freedom	Majeed
	Wanted	Mani
2005	Lokanathan IAS	Aravindan
	Iruvattam Manavaatti	Dr.Sudhir
2006	Kisan	Ambadi
	Pachakuthira	College Student
	Pathaaka	Murugadas
	Ravanan	Vinod Kumar
2007	Soorya Kireedam	Goutham
2008	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Thushar
	Chandranilekkoru Vazhi	Chandran
	Thirakkatha	Kevin Paul
	One Way Ticket	Bhadran
	Kovalam	Christy
	Aayudham	Saajan/Yunus Mohammad
	Mayakazhcha	Aravinda Varma
	Gulmohar	Kuriakose
	Pirate's Blood	Sagar
2009	Swa Le	Sandeep Jadeja
2010	9 KK Road	Unnikrishnan
	Kaaryasthan	Anand
	Punyam Aham	Georgekutty
2011	The Metro	Freddy
2012	Face2Face	George Joseph
	Mayamohini		Special appearance in the title song
	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Thief
	Veeraputhran	Odayathil
	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Viswanathan
2013	101 Chodyangal	Radhakrishnan
	Players	Aji
2014	Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal	Hashim	[2]
	Angry Babies in Love	Anwar
	Villali Veeran
	The Dolphins	Biju
2015	Rudrasimhaasnam	Harikrishnan	[3]
2016	Koppayile Kodumkattu	Rahul
2017	Sakhavu	Tony Manakkal
2018	Johny Johny Yes Appa	Police Officer Sathyan
	Uzhaikkum Paadhai		Tamil film
2019	Under World	Mani
	Valiya Perunnal	Noushad
2021	One	Shine Thomas
2022	Chathuram	Adv. Roni Sacheria
	Kochaal	Sunny
	Aanaparambile World Cup	Najeem	[4]
2023	Djinn	Anvar Ibrahim
	Masquerade	Mahesh Nair	TV Mini Series
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	Davis	[5]
	Garudan	Nari Suni
2024	Anweshippin Kandethum	Member Koruth
	Turbo	Nikhil
2025	Rekhachithram	DYSP Mohandas	[6]
	Haal †	TBA	[7]
	Lokah - Chapter One: Chandra †	TBA	[8]