Bijou Thaangjam

Bijou Thaangjam competed on the Star Plus reality cooking competition, Masterchef India. He was one of the Top 50 contestants of Masterchef India 2011.^[6]

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.^[7]

He played the role 'Kancha' in Shivaay (2016) which is a Hindi film directed and produced by Ajay Devgan.^[7]

He was also seen in successful films like Jagga Jasoos, Paltan, Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, Vodka Diaries, III Smoking Barrels and Penalty.^[8][9]

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 2022.^[10]

Beside films, he acted in web series for various companies like ALT Balaji where he worked in a series The Test Case (web series).^[7] Apart from that, he was seen in Netflix show Typewriter directed by Sujoy Ghosh^[11] and Bi-Lingual Webseries Kark Rogue for Zee5^[12] and Flesh (web series) for Eros Now.^[13]

In 2021 he was seen in a Sony Liv web series Love J Action,^[14] Disney+ Hotstar's 1962: The War In The Hills^[15][16] and TVF Original TVF Aspirants.^[17]