Nisha Pahuja (born 3 June 1967; New Delhi) is a Canadian Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, based in Toronto, Ontario. Her credits include To Kill a Tiger, winner of 19 awards from festivals including TIFF, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Doc Aviv and the Canadian Screen awards. The film will be released theatrically in the US in the Fall of 2023. The New York Times included it in their list of "Most Anticipated Fall Releases" and Anne Thompson at the Indie wire named it to her Oscars' Contenders list for 2024. Both Mindy Kaling and Dev Patel signed onto the film as Executive Producers along with Andy Cohen, Anita Lee, Atul Gawande, Andrew Dragoumis and others.