Nitish Veera

Nitish Veera (1975/6 – 17 May 2021) was an Indian actor who worked in Tamil-language films.

Career
Veera portrayed small roles in several of them including Pudhupettai (2006) and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009). He contacted Pa. Ranjith who gave him the role of Kathiravan, Rajinikanth and Eashwari Rao's son in Kaala (2018). He shot for the film for 40 days. Veera went on to portray an important role in Asuran (2019). In the film, he played a character that lived in the 1960s. He was signed to play a pivotal role in Laabam. The post production of his upcoming film Bell was in progress and was slated for a late 2021 to early 2022 release. He recently completed dubbing for his part in the film. Due to his untimely death, the makers roped in Sridhar to reprise his role and changed the film's storyline.

Death
He died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, at the age of 45.