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Naya Rivera

Naya Rivera (1987–2020), American actress, singer, and model; played Santana Lopez on Glee (2009–2015), SAG ensemble winner, memoirist of Sorry Not Sorry; died in an accidental drowning at Lake Piru, California.

Naya Shairi

Naya Shairi (نئی شاعری, "new poetry") is an Urdu term for twentieth-century Urdu verse that broke with classical conventions in favor of symbolism and free verse.

Nayab Singh Saini (नायब सिंह सैनी)

Nayab Singh Saini (नायब सिंह सैनी), BJP Chief Minister of Haryana since 12 March 2024 and again from 17 October 2024; first Saini-community CM, ex-Kurukshetra MP, led BJP to 48 of 90 seats in 2024.

Nayachandra Suri

Nayachandra Suri (नायचंद्र सूरि) was a fifteenth-century Shvetambara Jain monk and Sanskrit poet at the Gwalior court of Virama Tomar, known for the Hammira-mahakavya, an epic on Hammira of Ranthambhor's war against Alauddin Khalji.

Nayadhammakahao

Nayadhammakahao, known in Sanskrit as Jñātādharmakathā, is the sixth aṅga of the Śvetāmbara Jain canon, composed in Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit, telling religious stories of restraint, austerity, and renunciation.

Oct 3, 2026

Nayak

Nayak (নায়ক, The Hero) is Satyajit Ray's 1966 Bengali drama starring Uttam Kumar as film star Arindam and Sharmila Tagore as journalist Aditi, told during a Calcutta–Delhi train journey; it won the 1966 Berlin Critics' Prize and was Ray's last film with cinematographer Subrata Mitra.

Nayak: The Real Hero (नायक)

Nayak: The Real Hero (नायक), 2001 Hindi political thriller by S. Shankar, remake of Mudhalvan; Anil Kapoor as a reporter made chief minister for a day; flopped on release, later a cult film.

Nayaka-bheda

Nayaka-bheda (नायक भेद) is the Sanskrit poetics classification of the hero, or nayaka, into four temperament types by Bharata Muni's Natyashastra and expanded to 48 types by Vishvanatha.

Nayakan (நாயகன்)

Nayakan (நாயகன்), also spelled Nayagan, is Mani Ratnam's 1987 Tamil crime drama starring Kamal Haasan as Bombay don Velu Naicker, based on Varadarajan Mudaliar; it won three National Film Awards and entered Time's All-Time 100 Movies list.

Nayakas of Chitradurga

The Nayakas of Chitradurga (ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ನಾಯಕರು) were a line of poligar chieftains who ruled from Chitradurga Fort in central Karnataka from the late 1500s until 1779.

Nayaki

Nayaki (Nayagi), 2016 Tamil-Telugu bilingual horror comedy directed by Goverdhan Reddy (Govi), starring Trisha as the ghost Gayathri, visible only through a mobile camera; released July 2016 (Telugu) and September 2016 (Tamil) to negative reviews.

Nayan

Nayan (乃顏) was a Mongol imperial prince of the Eastern appanages who rebelled against the Yuan court in 1287, prompting Kublai Khan to lead a personal campaign that crushed him.

Nayan Mongia

Nayan Mongia, Indian wicketkeeper-batter 1994-2001, 44 Tests and 140 ODIs; made a 366-ball 152 in the first 1996 Border-Gavaskar Test at Delhi; named in the 2000 CBI match-fixing report but exonerated by the BCCI.

Nayan Sarika

Nayan Sarika is an Indian actress in Telugu cinema (not Malayalam), from Maharashtra, known for Gam Gam Ganesha, Aay and KA (2024), Vrusshabha (2025), and Netflix's Raakaasa.

Oct 3, 2026

Nayanam

Nayanam (నయనం) is a 2025 Telugu ZEE5 original psychological thriller web series, six episodes, directed by Swathi Prakash Mantripragada, starring Varun Sandesh as an ophthalmologist whose experiments let him see patients' private lives; distinct from the 2021 Telugu film of the same name.

Oct 21, 2026

NAYANAMRTANJANA

Nayanamrtanjana (Nayanāmṛtāñjana) is a classical Ayurvedic anjana collyrium for eye diseases, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India from Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda 13, containing kajjali and herbs.

Nayanars (நாயன்மார்)

The Nayanars (நாயன்மார்), also called Nayanmar, are the 63 canonized saints of Tamil Shaiva bhakti in South India, active from the 6th to the 9th century.

Nayankara system

The Nayankara system was a medieval military institution of the Kakatiya kingdom of Warangal, giving commanders revenue-bearing land in return for troops for the king.

Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Pandit Sahgal (born 10 May 1927, Allahabad), Indian English novelist and Nehru niece, author of nine novels including Rich Like Us, Sahitya Akademi Award winner who returned the award in protest.

Nayanthara (நயன்தாரா)

Nayanthara (நயன்தாரா), born Diana Mariam Kurian in 1984 in Thiruvalla, Kerala, is an Indian actress called the Lady Superstar, working in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, with about 75 films, a Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Award for Jawan, and marriage to Vignesh Shivan.

Nayanthara filmography

Nayanthara (நயன்தாரா), born Diana Mariam Kurian, is an Indian actress known as Tamil cinema's Lady Superstar. Debuting in Manassinakkare (2003), her filmography spans 75+ Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi films, including Jawan, Aramm, and Naanum Rowdy Thaan.

Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale

Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale is a 2024 Netflix documentary directed by Amith Krishnan about the South Indian actor Nayanthara, her career, and her marriage to Vignesh Shivan, released November 18, 2024, amid a Dhanush copyright dispute.

Oct 21, 2026

Nayarit

Estado de Nayarit (Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), a Pacific-coast state of west-central Mexico, capital Tepic; statehood 1 May 1917 from the Territory of Tepic; 20 municipalities, 27,857 km2, agriculture-led economy.

Nayarit War

The Nayarit War was a Spanish campaign of 1719 to 1722 that ended the independence of the Cora peoples of the Sierra del Nayar in northwestern New Spain.

Nayattu (നായാട്ട്) (2021 film)

Nayattu (നായാട്ട്) is a 2021 Malayalam survival thriller directed by Martin Prakkat, written by Shahi Kabir, starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, and Nimisha Sajayan as framed police officers on the run; released 8 April 2021, streamed on Netflix, and won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay.