Bijou Thaangjam

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Bijou Thaangjam
File:Bijou Thaangjam.jpg
Lakme Fashion week 2014
Born
Thangjam Biju Singh

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

Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh)[1] is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef and entrepreneur.[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]

Masterchef India[edit]

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[edit]

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.[6]

He played the role 'Kancha' in Shivaay (2016) which is a Hindi film directed and produced by Ajay Devgan.[6]

He was also seen in successful films like Jagga Jasoos, Paltan, Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, Vodka Diaries, III Smoking Barrels and Penalty.[7][8]

He also 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 also worked in films like Om The Battle Within and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect which is set for commercial release later in 2021.[9]

Beside films, he acted in web series for various companies like ALT Balaji where he worked in a series The Test Case (web series).[6] Apart from that, he was seen in Netflix show Typewriter directed by Sujoy Ghosh[10] and Bi-Lingual Webseries Kark Rogue for Zee5[11] and Flesh (web series) for Eros Now.[12]

In 2021 he was seen in a Sony Liv web series Love J Action,[13] Disney+ Hotstar's 1962: The War In The Hills[14][15] and TVF Original TVF Aspirants.[16]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Mary Kom Naobi
2016 Shivaay Kancha
2017 Jagga Jasoos Cameo
2018 Vodka Diaries Voice Over Artist
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi Chinese Agent
Paltan Chinese Army
III Smoking Barrels Drug Dealer
2019 Penalty Bijou
Made in China Chinese Official
2021 Jamun Dr. Lama
Zindagi inShort Singer
Swaaha Singer
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Studio Personal Filming
Om The Battle Within Militant Boss

Television[edit]

Title Role Channel
MasterChef India Contestant Star Plus
Superstar Santa Himself UTV Stars
Dil Dosti Dance Karma Wangchuk's Brother Channel V India
TRAFFIC Joseph MTV India
Code Red Raghav Colors TV

Web Series[edit]

Year Title Role Platform
2018 The Test Case (web series) Tej Bahadur Thapa ALT Balaji
2019 Typewriter Sushant Singh Netflix
2020 Kark Rogue Max Zee5
2020 The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye Japanese Soldier Amazon Prime
2020 Flesh (web series) Bali Eros Now
2021 1962: The War in the Hills Chinese Soldier Disney Plus Hotstar
2021 Love J Action Chang Man SonyLIV
2021 TVF Aspirants Pema Rijiju TVF

Awards and nominations[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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. Ganesan, Ranjita (23 August 2014). "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. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Actor Bijou Thaangjam talks about his career and life". thenortheastwindow.com.
  7. "Manipuri actors woo fans in Bollywood movie 'Penalty'". aninews.in.
  8. "Manipuri actors woo fans in Bollywood movie 'Penalty'". in.news.yahoo.com.
  9. "Madhavan to star in Hindi suspense thriller". The News Minute. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. Akanksha - (26 October 2020). "Bollywood Couch in conversation with Bijou Thaangjam - his journey straight from Manipur to Bollywood". Bollywood Couch. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. "Kark Rogue". Spicyonion.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  12. "Flesh (2020) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. "Love J Action (2021) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  14. "1962: The War In The Hills Review – Abhay Deol's, Sumeet Vyas' and Meiyang Chang's series brings to life the famous 'last stand' of Indo-China war". https://m.peepingmoon.com/. Retrieved 21 May 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  15. "'1962: The War In The Hills' Trailer Video: Abhay Deol, Bijou Thaangjam, Rochelle Rao and Vineet Sharma". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. Fernandes, Brandon. "TVF Aspirants cast boasts of Naveen Kasturia, Namita Dubey, Sunny Hinduja and many more". Republic World. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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