Nishi Kohli (born Krishna Kumari Sharma, 1 January 1935), known professionally as Nishi, is an Indian former actress who has worked in Punjabi and Hindi-language films.^[1][2]

She frequently acted with Dara Singh.^[1]

Krishna Kumari Sharma, professional career name 'Nishi', was born on 1 January 1935 in Sialkot, Punjab, British India.^[1] Although Nishi was a Punjabi film star, she also worked in Hindi films where she was often cast in secondary roles. She worked in A-list films in Punjab that earned national film awards. Her most prominent Punjabi films are Main Jatti Punjab Di, alongside co-star, Prem Nath and Satluj De Kandhe, alongside co-star Balraj Sahni.^[1]

Nishi was an actress during the black-and-white era of Punjabi cinema, but later received opportunities to act in color films of Hindi cinema, where she acted with stars including Dara Singh, Raj Kapoor, Balraj Sahni, Bharat Bhushan, Helen, Ashok Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Madhubala, Mala Sinha, and Rajendra Kumar. While she was cast as a leading actress in Punjabi films, she took supporting roles in Bollywood films with heroines such as Mala Sinha, Madhubala and Vyjayanthimala. Nishi's notable Bollywood films include Main Nashe Mein Hoon, Ganwaar, Phagun, Boyfriend, Naya Kanoon and Railway Platform (1955 film).^[1]

In total, Nishi acted in 68 Hindi films.

Nishi married producer Raj Kumar Kohli, who made "snake-woman" thrillers such as Nagin and Jaani Dushman. They have two sons, actor Armaan Kohli and Gogi Kohli. Armaan acted in his father's films Badle Ki Aag and Raaj Tilak as a child actor. The actor then went on to appear in TV shows such as Big Boss.

• Nishi at IMDb
• Nishi (Actress) Profile an Bio Archived 25 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine