Biblical film completed by filmmaker John Chism, The Story of James the Just is a 2.5-hour feature film in which Nishi plays the Jewish Herodian Queen Berenice, a conniving, manipulative & powerful woman who will do anything to protect her family. Screened March 30, 2019, NYC.

Nishi plays Umme, a Muslim Bangladeshi nurse who comes to NYC with her 2 daughters. In the first episode, Umme learns how she can take classes to help get her Nursing License. We Speak NYC airs on WNYW, PBS and WNYE Sundays at 3:30 p.m. EST throughout New York and is sponsored by the Mayors Office to help immigrants in NYC learn English and give valuable infoemation. In this scene, Nishi as Umme speaks with her daughter about school, working, volunteering and how she worries. The bond between mothers and daughters is universal and goes beyond ethnicity, culture, religion and language. This scene captures the love and bond between the two. Filmed in June and July of 2017, this episode premiered May 2018, NYC.

By writer and director Jhaelyn Atreaga, Nishi played a protective immigrant Indian mother to a college aged daughter that she was attempting to arrange a marriage for. Her daughter, however, reveals she is a lesbian.

Set in London, England, Nishi played Meena Shah, a 36 year old Muslim Bengali mother who grappled with the reality that her youngest daughter, Leela, had become radicalized and escaped to Raqqa to become an Isis bride. The 55-minute one-act showcased the relationship between mother and daughter, in the context of a Muslim Indian family affected by conflict between religious and cultural values, extremism and adapting to modern Western culture. The play was nominated for 2 awards including best director and best lead actress for a long one-act.