Nishi Kohli

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nishi Kohli

• After the partition of India, Nisha Kohli and her family moved to India from Sialkot in Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan).

• She was an intelligent student at school and attended typing classes in the evenings.

• Later, she got offers from the film industry for acting, and in 1955, she acted in the Hindi film Pagal Khana. The film was unreleased.

• She appeared in supporting roles in Hindi films such as Miss India (1957), Phagun (1958), Chaalbaaz (1958), and Parakh (1960).

  

• Her debut Punjabi language film, Bhangra (1959), was a huge commercial success, and after that, she appeared in lead roles in the Punjabi film industry.

  

• She acted in several Punjabi language films including Jija Ji (1961), Guddi (1961), Pind Di Kurhi (1963), Main Jatti Punjab Di (1964), and Dulla Bhatti (1966).

  

• She was one of the first actors in the Punjab film industry to play a double role in the national award-winning film, Satluj De Kandhe (1964).

  

• She was paired in many films with actor Dara Singh, notable among which were the Hindi films Ek Tha Alibaba (1963), Hercules (1964), Badshah (1964) and the Punjabi film Dulla Bhatti (1966).

  

• The last Punjabi film she acted in was Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai (1969).

• The last Hindi film she acted in was Ganwaar (1970) as Mrs Rani Rai.

• She continued her involvement in the film industry by working for her husband Rajkumar Kohli’s production company.