Nishan

Kallichanda Prasad Nishan Nanaiah, also credited as Nishan, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. Born in Coorg, Karnataka and brought up in Calcutta, Nishan is a graduate of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Personal life Born Kallichanda Prasad Nishan Nanaiah, Nishan was born to Kallichanda Somaiah Prasad (K. S. Prasad) a customs and central excise officer, and late K. Padma Prasad, in Coorg, Karnataka. He was brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal. He was a professional tennis player, who represented Calcutta University and played many All India and National tournaments. He did his graduation in Mass communication from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and post graduation (in acting) from the Pune Film Institute (FTII). Nishan speaks six languages, and is very good at picking up languages and dialects.

Career Nishan debuted in the Hindi film Cycle Kick (Produced by Subhash Ghai), which did not have a theatrical release. It was sent to film festivals and then had a staggered release. Its rights were later acquired by Zee Entertainment and the film was subsequently shown on Zee Cinemas. It is presently available to watch on Zee5. He then got a career break in legendary director Shyamaprasad's Malayalam film Ritu in 2009, (for which he also received great critical acclaim as well as won his Best Debut award), along with a Telugu release Manorama in the same year, opposite lead actress Charmee. He became a notable actor through Sibi Malayil's Apoorvaragam, which was released in 2010, and was one of the biggest commercial hits of that year. It also completed a run of 100 days (which is very rare and a great feat to achieve for a film with newcomers in today's times). Till date Nishan has worked as a leading man in around 15 Malayalam films, 1 Telugu film, 3 Hindi films, 1 Kannada film, 2 Tamil films, 2 Bengali films and a Bengali web series. He is currently shooting for a Hindi feature film Nastik (upcoming film), with Arjun Rampal.

Alma Mater After graduating, he moved to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood. He worked with Subhash Ghai in a film titled Cycle Kick, which was released in 2011. Gramam / Namma Gramam Kannan TamilMalayalam Bilingual film Note Out Pavithran Malayalam Ithu Nammude Katha Santhosh Malayalam

Challenge / 120 Minutes / Yaarukku Theriyum Shakthi KannadaMalayalamTamil Trilingual film Ee Adutha Kalathu Rustham Malayalam

Annum Innum Ennum Roy Malayalam David Peter Hindi Partially reshot in Tamil under the same title (2013) 10:30 am Local Call Alby Malayalam Radio Manu Malayalam Geethaanjali Anoop Malayalam 2014 Badlapur Boys Vijay Pasi Hindi |2015 Lavender Siddharth Malayalam 2017 Hadiya Brahmanandan Malayalam

Lolans Malayalam SIX (6) Soumyajit Roy Bengali Web Series (Hoichoi)

Atithi Antim/Sayanjit

Filter Coffee Liquor Cha Subbu Bengali Web Film (ZEE5)

Alpha Beta Gamma Ravi Hindi Chai Shai Biscuit Himanshu Bhatnagar (director) Hindi Ridicoolas Mohan Hindi Exclusively on Zee5 Nastik Hindi 2022 Wedding Gift Vilas Gowda Kannada 2023 Trail of an Assassin Sreekumar Hindi Web Series 2024 Chashma Supriyo’s father Hindi Short film 2024 Alpha Beta Gamma Raviraj Varma Hindi

Television 2011 - Vivel Big Break (Surya TV) as Judge (Malayalam)

Awards Asianet Film Award for Best New Face (2009) Surya Film Award for Best Debutant (2009) World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV award for Best Debut (2009)