Nilesh Sahay (born October 20, 1982) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, director and writer. He is the son of former Bollywood actress Zaheeda Hussain, niece of actress Nargis Dutt.

Life

Sahay is the son of the actress Zaheeda. His great-grandmother Jaddan Bai was the country's first female film producer and music composer. His maternal grandfather Akhtar Hussain was an actor, producer, director and writer and his grandaunt and uncle Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt were also actors. Sahay is the nephew of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.[1]

Nilesh belongs to a family of Indian landlords. His great grandfather, Shyan Nandan Sahay, was an Indian landlord, educationist, legislator and the founder vice chancellor of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University Muzaffarpur. Born in the Indian state of Bihar, Shyan also served as the vice chancellor of Patna University. He was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha, elected from Muzaffarpur Central constituency on Indian National Congress candidature. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 1957, for his contributions to education. A road in Muzaffarpur is named Padma Bhushan Shyan Nandan Sahay.

Career

Sahay made his film debut in Ganesh Acharaya's 2011 film Angel.[2] He later turned filmmaker and started filming Squad, his directorial debut, in September 2019 at Belarusfilm studios in Minsk.[3]

Sahay is currently director of the upcoming production, Ambush, starring Harshvardhan Rane.[4][5]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2011 Angel Actor (as Abhay) [6]
2021 Squad Director [7][3][8]

References

  1. ^ "Angel's BO run will decide my B'wood course: Nilesh". Indian Express. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ Gaurav Malani (7 November 2010). "Sanjay to follow Aamir". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Squad director Nilesh Sahay: Took three months to get travel permission". Mid-day. 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ Today, Telangana (25 August 2021). "Nilesh Sahay and Harshvardhan Rane caught up for a script session". Telangana Today.
  5. ^ "Makers of Harshvardhan Rane's next 'Ambush' get 'Mad Max Fury' fame Kier Beck on board for a 17-minute car chase scene". The Times of India. 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Angel: Movie Review". The Times of India. 10 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Squad Review: Newbies Rinzin Denzongpa, Malvika Raaj Flounder In Dead-On-Arrival Dud". NDTV.com.
  8. ^ "John Abraham meets Squad's Nilesh Sahay and Rinzing Denzongpa". Mumbai Mirror. 19 September 2019.
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