Bijou Thaangjam

Bijou Thaangjam Biography

Bijou Thaangjam is a multifaceted personality known as a chef and actor. He is also a lyricist who hails from Imphal, Manipur. He was a contestant of the popular cooking competition show on Star Plus – Master Chef India Season 2. Bijou also plays noted character roles for Bollywood and television shows. He is best known for playing the brief role of Naobi in the biopic – Mary Kom starring Priyanka Chopra. After this film, he got numerous offers from movies and television, and now a series of movies are lined for release. Among those, Shivaay is one of the most awaited projects of the year 2016.

His full name is Thangjam Biju Singh. He was born on 24 March 1986 in Imphal, Manipur. Bijou has two younger siblings. He schooled from Tiny Tots Unique School, Imphal and completed his graduation from Bangalore University. Since young he has been interested in cooking and acting and later he excelled in both these forms of art. He appeared in MasterChef India 2, where he finished as one of the Top 50 contestants of the contest. The show was aired on Star Plus in 2011. He also appeared in the reality show - UTV Stars Superstar Santa. He moved to Mumbai in 2012 to pursue a career in acting.

In 2014 he bagged his first Bollywood film, Mary Kom. Now a few movies are in Post Production stage -Robinhood ke Pote, III Smoking Barrels, Karma Café, Penalty, My Japanese Niece and Shivaay. He played a supporting role of Karma Wangchuk's brother in youth oriented series on Channel V - Dil Dosti Dance. He essayed the brief role of Joseph in MTV’s show – Traffic. He was most recently seen in Code Red aired on Colors TV.

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Updated: July 09, 2016