Bijou Thaangjam

Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh)[1] is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director and chef.[2][3] He is of Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestants on the reality cooking competition MasterChef India 2. He is known for his role in the film Mary Kom and Shivaay.[4]

Bijou Thaangjam
Lakme Fashion week 2014
Born
Thangjam Biju Singh

24 March
Imphal, Manipur, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor, Lyricist, Art Director & Chef
Years active2011-present

Masterchef India

Bijou Thaangjam competed on the Star Plus reality cooking competition, Masterchef India. He was one of the Top 50 contestants of Masterchef India 2011.[5]

Career

Bijou Thaangjam first appeared as a contestant on the reality cooking competition MasterChef India 2. He later debuted as an actor and a lyricist in Omung Kumar's Mary Kom (film) (2014) starring Priyanka Chopra as Mary Kom.

He played the role 'Kancha' in Shivaay (2016) which is a Hindi film directed and produced by Ajay Devgan. He was seen in Jagga Jasoos, Paltan, Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, Vodka Diaries, III Smoking Barrels and Penalty.[6][7] He debuted as an Art Director in III Smoking Barrels which earned him a nomination for Best Art Director in Prag Cine Awards 2018.

He has since finished work on some more feature films ~ Robinhood Ke Pote, Karma Cafe, Jamun and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect which is due for commercial release later in 2020. Beside films, he acted in ALT Balaji show The Test Case (web series).[8] and Netflix show Typewriter directed by Sujoy Ghosh also in Bi-Lingual Webseries Kark Rogue (Hindi)/ Karkat Rogue (Bengali) for Zee5 . He was last seen in a webseries ~ FLESH for Eros Now which is streaming now.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2014Mary KomNaobi
2016ShivaayKancha
2017Jagga JasoosCameo
2018Vodka DiariesVoice Over Artist
Happy Phirr Bhag JayegiChinese Agent
PaltanChinese Army
III Smoking BarrelsDrug Dealer
2019PenaltyBijou
Made in ChinaChinese Official
Rocketry: The Nambi EffectStudio Personal Filming
2021Jamun Dr. Lama

Television
TV Show TV Channel Character played
MasterChef India Star Plus Top 50
Superstar Santa UTV Stars As Himself
Dil Dosti Dance Channel V India Karma Wangchuk's Brother
TRAFFIC MTV India Joseph
Code Red Colors TV Raghav

Web Series
Show Channel Character played
The Test Case (web series) ALT Balaji Tej Bahadur Thapa
Typewriter Netflix Sushant Singh
Kark Rogue Zee5 Max
The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye Amazon Prime Japanese Soldier
Flesh (web series) Eros Now Bali
1962: The War in the Hills Disney Plus Hotstar Chinese Soldier

Awards and nominations
Year Film Award Category Result
2018 III Smoking Barrels Prag Cine Awards Best Art Director Nominated

References
  1. "Bijou Thangjaam: Life 's a climb but the view is great". themoviean.com.
  2. "Bijou Thangjam reaches the Best top 50 Chef of India 2011 for Master Chef India 2 ~ Pictures from Manipur". e-pao.net.
  3. "The secret recipes of Bijou Thaangjam". manipuritimes.com.
  4. "Why Priyanka Chopra was picked to play Mary Kom". business-standard.com.
  5. "Bijou Thangjam reaches the Best top 50 Chef of India 2011 for Master Chef India 2". e-pao.net.
  6. "Manipuri actors woo fans in Bollywood movie 'Penalty'". aninews.in.
  7. "Manipuri actors woo fans in Bollywood movie 'Penalty'". in.news.yahoo.com.
  8. "Actor Bijou Thaangjam talks about his career and life". thenortheastwindow.com.
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