Nimisha Sajayan

Acting

Nimisha Sajayan

Born

1997-01-04 (29)

Place of birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Nimisha Sajayan is an Indian actress in the Malayalam film industry. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 2018 for her roles in the films Oru Kuprasidha Payyan and Chola. Nimisha made her acting debut with the film Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum directed by Dileesh Pothan.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 22 titles

Enna Vilai poster
NR

A humble fisherman from Rameswaram lives a quiet life with his family until he finds a gold pendant washed ashore. What initially seems like a blessing soon turns into a nightmare when false accusations threaten his peace and dignity, forcing him to stand up against a powerful system.

Enna Vilai

2026

Babita Singh Reporting poster
3.7

People-pleasing cop Baby accepts a fake charge to get leave for her sister-in-law’s baby shower in Rewa. There, she reunites with her childhood friend Bansi, who is murdered that very night. Defying dismissive in-laws, an indifferent husband and an apathetic local police force, she secretly investigates the murder, uncovering family betrayals while finding her own voice, courage and place as a real cop.

Babita Singh Reporting

2026

Heaven poster
6.7

Circle Inspector of Police, Peter Kurishinkal is a stoic and taciturn officer, who prefers brain over brawn to solve his cases. His world is brought upside down when he is assigned a sensational case of a homicide.

Heaven

2022

Tumbbad II poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tumbbad II

2027

DNA poster
6.1

A young woman with borderline personality disorder, fights a lonely battle when she believes her newborn baby was swapped with someone else’s minutes after her delivery. Her loving husband, who initially doubts, eventually believes and starts investigating with an experienced cop.

DNA

2025

Jigarthanda DoubleX poster
7.7

A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.

Jigarthanda DoubleX

2023

Malik poster
7.3

A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.

Malik

2021

Chithha poster
7.7

Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. After initially wrongly accused of kidnapping her, he eventually comes to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her and he makes it his mission to rescue Sundari.

Chithha

2023

Crazxy poster
5.6

A renowned surgeon, Abhimanyu Sood is carrying ₹5 crores for a hush hush settlement that will save him from going to jail, when he gets a chilling phone call—his 16-year-old daughter, Vedica, has been kidnapped. The ransom? The exact amount he is carrying right now. Is this even a real kidnapping—or an elaborate trap?

Crazxy

2025

One poster
5.7

Story of Kadakkal Chandran, the Chief Minister of Kerala whose uncompromising attitude towards corruption and his dictatorial actions has gained him a lot of enemies. The events gets more intense when he faces an allegation.

One

2021

The Great Indian Kitchen poster
7.6

After marriage, a woman struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be.

The Great Indian Kitchen

2021

Innale Vare poster
4.7

Adhi Shankar, a well-known film star and producer in the Malayalam film industry, struggles to maintain his stardom and position after a string of flops and misjudged decisions. As he is struggling to get things back on track, more chaos descends on his already muddled life.

Innale Vare

2022

Nayattu poster
7.5

Three police officers are forced to go on the run when they get tangled in the death of a youth, a few days before the election.

Nayattu

2021

Oru Thekkan Thallu Case poster
5.5

Things take a turn as dramatic events unfold after a crime was committed in a village and as the culprit is sought after.

Oru Thekkan Thallu Case

2022

Thuramukham poster
5.1

The Harbour shows how two brothers end up on opposing sides of this system. One becomes the leader of an employer’s gang of thugs, while the other becomes an activist. All the while, the women in their family go hungry and the community is ravaged by violence and alcoholism.

Thuramukham

2023

Lantrani poster
5.2

The anthology film showcases three independent stories that capture the experience of small Indian towns and villages where people take incredible measures to survive.

Lantrani

2024

Mission: Chapter 1 poster
6.8

Follows a father fighting against odds in a bid to save his daughter who seems to be in trouble.

Mission: Chapter 1

2024

Footprints on Water poster
NR

The story travels through the life of the family, who faces a tough time when their daughter goes missing.

Footprints on Water

2023

Adrishya Jalakangal poster
5.5

‘Adrishya Jalakangal’ is said to be an unabashed depiction of what war and its consequences truly look like. “Adrishya Jalakangal is an attempt to look at the social menace of war from a common man’s point of view and be a strong artistic signature against war

Adrishya Jalakangal

2023

Hawahawai poster
NR

Jyoti's life turns upside down when her husband meets with an accident. With the support of her idol, she decides to fulfil her life-long dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Will she succeed?

Hawahawai

2022

Porshi poster
NR

Porshi captures the lives of everyday Kolkatans, each navigating their own struggles in a bustling, grey city. Though strangers, they are unknowingly connected — neighbours in spirit and circumstance. Like a palette of distinct, independent colours, none of them realize they could form a rainbow if they came together.

Porshi

2025

Ghar Se poster
NR

News appears on the TV about a rape case which happened that evening. It completely shakes two women, who then go on to make a drastic decision that would change their life once in for all. The mother realizes that it's her son who committed the heinous and unpardonable crime, and decides to take it upon herself to punish her Son by poisoning him to death. The movie shows the unwavering bravery of womanhood in a very raw world.

Ghar Se

2020

2010s · 8 titles

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum poster
7.2

Prasad and Sreeja are a couple planning to set up a new life in Kasargod. On a bus journey they end up being robbed by a thief also named Prasad and this lands them up in a police station.

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum

2017

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan poster
6.8

It is a murder mystery which draws its inspiration from the real-life murders in Kerala and explores how a person can be framed and labelled a criminal, even if there is no solid proof of their guilt.

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

2018

Eeda poster
7.0

Two young adults with families on opposite ends of the political spectrum fall in love in a Kerala city torn by violence.

Eeda

2018

C/O Saira Banu poster
6.0

Saira Banu, a postwoman and a single mom, is caught unawares when her son Joshua Peter, a law student, gets entangled in a legal hassle. The opponents in the case are a bunch of affluent and powerful names in society. How would the middle-class woman help her son?

C/O Saira Banu

2017

Mangalyam Thanthunanena poster
5.0

A newly-wed couple who find themselves in a tight spot after husband loses his job in Dubai. Will he manage to get his act together and deal with the crisis on his own?

Mangalyam Thanthunanena

2018

Stand Up poster
6.0

Keerthi aspires to make it big in the stand-up world and is in search of opportunities. Through her act, she narrates the story of her friend, Diya, who was victimised by the patriarchal society.

Stand Up

2019

Nalpathiyonnu poster
6.3

An atheist goes on a pilgrimage to Sabarimala. What will he get out of the experience? The film features Biju Menon and Nimisha Sajayan in the lead roles and was shot in Thalaserry.

Nalpathiyonnu

2019

Chola poster
3.2

Teenager Janaki and her scrawny paramour visit the city behind her mother’s back. He’s arranged for a ride from his boss, a sullen man who tells Janaki that he knows she’s lied to her mother. The trio drive into the city where the teenagers are besotted with the lights, the malls and the beach. They lose track of time and are forced to stay the night in a bare-bones motel where the horrors begin. A magic realist portrait of India’s growing pains.

Chola

2019

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