Jigra Controversy Continues! Manipur Actor Bijou Thaangjam Calls Out Manufacturing Space For ‘Unprofessional Behaviour’
Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt‘s Jigra has been making headlines for the entire incorrect causes. The movie is embroiled in controversy surrounding Karan Johar‘s casting choices, claims of manipulated field place of job figures, and extra. And it kind of feels the concerns for this Vasan Bala-directed venture are some distance from over.
Manipur Actor Calls Out Jigra Group For ‘Unprofessional Behaviour’
Bijou Thaangjam, an actor from Manipur recognized for his performances in Mary Kom and Shivaay, has criticised the manufacturing staff of Jigra for his or her unprofessional habits all the way through the audition procedure. He claims that even supposing he was once roped in through the casting staff for the Alia-led movie, he by no means gained showed dates for the shoot.
Taking to X, he wrote, “Again in 2023, I used to be approached through their casting staff to audition for a task. I despatched my tapes two times over the span of 4 months, taking part in at the side of their timeline. Through the tip of November, they instructed me I might be capturing in December, implausible, proper? Apart from they by no means gave me any company shoot dates.”
“Nonetheless, they booked me for all the month of December, anticipating that I might be able to shoot for them at any second. As any person primarily based in Imphal, Manipur, I made it very transparent from the beginning that shuttle preparations would wish to be made, however that did not appear to topic,” he added.
Bijou misplaced out on many tasks when he “was once sitting round, looking forward to them to offer me the go-ahead. However, after all, that by no means got here.” He known as the revel in dismissive and virtually discriminatory.
“My time was once wasted and I ignored out on different alternatives simply because they anticipated I might be to be had at a second’s understand,” he wrote.
“I’m no longer scripting this with any time table or accusations. I simply need to proportion the truth of ways actors like me from the Northeast are continuously handled through large manufacturing homes. Expectantly, this sheds some mild on what we are facing,” concluded the actor.
The makers are but to react to the accusations.