Jigra: Bijou ThaangJam accuses team of Alia Bhatt starrer of discrimination against actors from Northeast India: 'It felt particularly dismissive, almost...'

While Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina starrer Jigra has failed to impress at the box office, the film continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. After facing accusation from Divya Khossla Kumar of faking box office collections, actor Bijou ThaangJam, who played a crucial role in Vasan Bala’s directorial has claimed the team’s discrimination against actors from North East part of India.

Taking to X, he wrote, “I am not here to jump on the bandwagon with the Jigra controversy over the alleged copying of Divya Khosla’s Savi, but I’ve been keeping my own experience with the Jigra team under wraps for a while, and maybe it’s time to speak up.”

Sharing the details, he continued, “Back in 2023, I was approached by their casting team to audition for a role. I sent in my tapes twice over the span of four months, playing along with their timeline. By the end of November, they told me I’d be shooting in December—fantastic, right? Except they never gave me any firm shoot dates. Still, they booked for the entire month of December, expecting that I’d be ready to shoot for them at any moment.”

“I understand how big production houses operate. The director is undeniably talented, but the way they handled this entire situation was deeply unprofessional. For actors like me from the Northeast, it felt particularly dismissive, almost discriminatory,” he continued.

“I am not writing this with any agenda or accusations. I just want to share the reality of how actors like me from the Northeast are often treated by big production houses. Hopefully, this sheds some light on what we face,” the actor emphasized in the post.