Bijou Thaangjam

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

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

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 . 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 2019. Beside films, he acted in ALT Balaji show The Test Case (web series). and Netflix show Typewriter directed by Sujoy Ghosh and last seen in a Bi-Lingual Webseries Kark Rogue (Hindi)/ Karkat Rogue (Bengali) for Zee5 . He has finished some more webseries ~ FLESH for Eros Now which is due to release later in 2020.