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Nandamuri Mohana Krishna

Nandamuri Mohana Krishna (నందమూరి మోహనకృష్ణ), born 1956, is a Telugu cinematographer, son of N. T. Rama Rao and Basavatarakam, father of actor Taraka Ratna; credited from the early 1980s to 2000, including Chandashasanudu and Goppinti Alludu.

Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani, born 1955, is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Infosys in 1981 and served as founding chairman of UIDAI, India's Aadhaar identity program.

Nandan Reddy

Nandan Reddy (नंदन रेड्डी), full name Lakshmi Nandan Reddy Obul, is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Swiggy in Bengaluru in 2014 and led innovation there until resigning in 2026.

Nandana Sen (নন্দনা দেব সেন)

Nandana Dev Sen (নন্দনা দেব সেন), Indian actor, writer, translator, and child-rights activist; daughter of Amartya Sen and Nabaneeta Dev Sen; films Black and Rang Rasiya; children's books and the poetry translation Acrobat.

Nandanam (നന്ദനം) (film)

Nandanam (നന്ദനം) is a 2002 Malayalam romantic fantasy film written and directed by Ranjith, loosely adapted from M. T. Vasudevan Nair's Neelathamara, starring Navya Nair as the Krishna devotee Balamani and Prithviraj Sukumaran as Manu, with music by Raveendran.

Nandanar

Nandanar (நந்தனார்), also called Thirunalaippovar, is a Tamil Shaiva Nayanar saint, remembered as an 8th-century untouchable farm worker whose lifelong aim was to enter the Chidambaram Shiva temple.

Nandanar Charithram

Nandanar Charithram (நந்தனார் சரித்திரம்) is a 19th-century Tamil musical drama by Gopalakrishna Bharati telling the life of the Dalit Shaiva saint Nandanar, who longed to see Shiva at Chidambaram.

Nandani Sharma

Nandani Sharma, also Nandni Sharma, born 2001 in Chandigarh, is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler for Delhi Capitals (WPL) and Chandigarh; WPL 2026 joint-leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets and a historic 5/33 with hat-trick, T20I debut for India in 2026.

Nanded (district)

Nanded district (नांदेड जिल्हा), eastern Marathwada, Maharashtra, on the Godavari; 3,361,292 people (2011), 16 talukas, headquarters Nanded city, major Sikh pilgrimage site of Hazur Sahib.

Nanded (नांदेड)

Nanded (नांदेड) is a city and district in Marathwada, Maharashtra, on the Godavari river; site of Hazur Sahib, where Guru Gobind Singh died in 1708, formerly under the Nizam of Hyderabad until 1947.

Nandha (நந்தா)

Nandha is a 2001 Tamil action drama film written and directed by Bala, his second film after Sethu, starring Suriya in the title role alongside Laila, Rajkiran, and Karunas in his screen debut.

Nandhan

Nandhan (நந்தன்) is a 2024 Tamil drama directed, written, and produced by Era Saravanan, starring M. Sasikumar as Ambedkumar, a Dalit labourer made puppet president of a reserved village panchayat; released 20 September 2024, later on Prime Video and Aha Tamil.

Nandi

Nandi (नन्दि) is a logician whom Vidyabhusana's A History of Indian Logic (1921) places in the medieval period of Indian logic; almost nothing else is known about him.

Nandi Awards

Nandi Awards, the Andhra Pradesh state honors for Telugu film, TV, and theatre since 1964, named for the Lepakshi Nandi statue; lapsed after 2016, revived in 2026 for 2012–2025.

Nandi Hills, India

Nandi Hills (Nandidurga, Nandi Betta) is a hill plateau and hill station in Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka, about 60 km north of Bengaluru, with Tipu Sultan's hill fort, five originating rivers, a Key Biodiversity Area, and heavy weekend tourism.

Nandi kaBhebhe

Nandi kaBhebhe, known as Nandi, was a Zulu royal woman, mother of Shaka and Queen Mother of the Zulu kingdom until her death in 1827.

Nandi resistance

The Nandi resistance was a ten-year armed opposition by the Nandi people of Kenya to British colonial rule from 1895, led by the prophet Koitalel Arap Samoei.

Nandi Timmana

Nandi Timmana (నంది తిమ్మన) was a 16th-century Telugu poet at Krishnadevaraya's Vijayanagara court, one of the Ashtadiggajas, whose narrative poem Parijatapaharanamu was translated as Theft of a Tree in 2022.

Nandikkalambagam

Nandikkalambagam (நந்திக்கலம்பகம்) is a ninth-century Tamil poem of 100 verses praising the Pallava king Nandivarman III of Kanchi, the earliest surviving work of the kalambakam genre and a forerunner of Chola royal panegyrics.

Nandina

Nandina, also known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is an evergreen ornamental shrub native to China, grown for its lacy foliage and bright red berries.

Nandini (நந்தினி) (TV series)

Nandini (நந்தினி), also Nandhini, is a Tamil supernatural drama serial on Sun TV from 23 January 2017, produced by Sundar C and Khushbu Sundar, starring Nithya Ram as Ganga/Nandini, broadcast in four South Indian languages, with a Kannada season 2 and the spinoff Jothi.

Nandipha Magudumana

Nandipha Magudumana, also called Dr Nandipha, is a South African doctor accused of helping Thabo Bester escape Mangaung prison in 2022; arrested in Tanzania, deported April 2023, bail refused, deportation challenge before the Constitutional Court, trial set 2027.

Nandipha808

Nandipha808 is a South African amapiano producer and DJ known for a "private school amapiano" sound and his featured role on Tyler ICU's 2023 viral hit "Mnike".

Nandish Sandhu

Nandish Sandhu (नंदीश संधू), also Nandish Singh Sandhu, Indian actor born 1981 in Rajasthan; TV fame as Veer in Uttaran, films Super 30 and Dabangg 2, streaming roles in Jubilee, Undekhi, Ziddi Girls, and Taskaree.

Nandita Das (नंदिता दास)

Nandita Das (नंदिता दास), Indian actor-filmmaker and social advocate: 40+ films in 10 languages, director of Firaaq (2008), Manto (2018, Cannes), and Zwigato (2023), founder of Nandita Das Initiatives.

Nandita Swetha

Nandita Swetha (also spelled Nandita Shwetha) is an Indian actress from Bengaluru who debuted in Kannada with Nanda Loves Nanditha (2008), then worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu films, winning the 2017 Filmfare Award South for Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada.

Nanditha

Nanditha (ನಂದಿತಾ), known as "Bangalore Chitra", is an Indian playback singer in Kannada cinema, a three-time Karnataka State Film Award winner who debuted in 1998.

Nandivardhana branch of the Vakatakas

The Nandivardhana branch of the Vakatakas (नंदिवर्धन शाखा) was the main eastern line of the Vakataka dynasty, ruling Vidarbha from the late third to the fifth century CE.

Nandivarman III

Nandivarman III (மூன்றாம் நந்திவர்மன்) was a Pallava king who reigned from about 846 to 869, best remembered for his victory over the Pandyas at the battle of Tellaru.

Nando de Colo

Nando de Colo (born 1987) is a French basketball guard, All-25 EuroLeague Team member, 2016 and 2019 EuroLeague champion and 2015-16 EuroLeague MVP with CSKA Moscow, EuroBasket 2013 winner and two-time Olympic silver medalist with France, retired 2026.