Northeast India is a region with wonder of 7 sisters and 1 brother.
Majority of people from mainland India don’t have proper knowledge about the
existence of this region. They often misunderstand Northeast Indians as
Nepalese or Chinese, because they resemble in their looks and appearances.
Several actors and actresses from Northeast India worked in
Hindi movie industry, popularly known as Bollywood. This post is about those actors who worked in Bollywood industry and they are originally from Northeast India.
* Danny Denzongpa, Sikkim
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| Danny Denzongpa in Robot (2010) alongwith Rajnikanth |
Date of Birth: 25th February,
1948:
Birthplace: Gangtok, Sikkim
Debut movie: Zaroorat (1971)
Other notable movies:
Dharmatma (1975)
Phir Wahi Raat (1980)
Andha Kanoon (1983)
Sanam Bewafa (1991)
Khuda Gawah (1992)
Sangram (1993)
Krantiveer (1994)
Ghatak (1996)
China Gate (1998)
Pukar (2000)
16 December (2002)
Robot (2010)
Manikarnika (2019)
* Adil Hussain, Assam
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| Adil Hussain with Sridevi in English Vinglish (2012) |
Date of Birth: 5th October, 1963
Birthplace: Goalpara, Assam
Debut movie: Xongkolpo (1986, Assamese)
Other notable movies:
Jasoos Vijay (2002)
Ishqiya (2010)
Agent Vinod (2012)
English Vinglish (2012)
Lootera (2013)
Force 2 (2016)
Commando 2 (2017)
Kabir Singh (2019)
* Bijou Thangjam, Manipur
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| Bijou Thangjam in Shivaay (2016) |
Date of Birth: 24th March, 1986
Birthplace: Imphal, Manipur
Debut movie: Mary Kom (2014) alongside
Priyanka Chopra
Other notable movies:
Shivaay (2016) alongwith Ajay Devgn
Jagga Jasoos (2017)
Made in China (2019)
* Diganta Hazarika, Assam
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| Diganta Hazarika in Mohenjo Daro (2016) alongwith Hrithik Roshan |
Date of Birth: 23rd September,
1984
Birthplace: Nagaon, Assam
Debut movie: Ki Naam Di Matim (2009,
Assamese)
Mohenjo Daro (2016, Hindi) alongwith
Hrithik Roshan
Other notable movies:
Rowd (2012, Assamese)
Grahan (2014, Assamese)
The Underworld (2018, Assamese)
Pratighat (2019, Assamese)
* Zhokhoi Chuzho, Nagaland
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| Zhokhoi Chuzho in Saaho (2019) |
Date of Birth: Unknown
Birthplace: Dimapur, Nagaland
Notable movies:
Force 2 (2016, Hindi) alongside John Abraham
Little Boy (2018, Hindi)
Saaho (2019, Hindi and Telugu) alongwith
Prabhas
Made in China (2019, Hindi)
Nana (2016, Nagamese)
* Kenny Deori Basumatary, Assam
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| Kenny Basumatary in Mary Kom (2014) |
Date of Birth: 9th April, 1980
Birthplace: Guwahati, Assam
Notable movies:
Local Kung Fu (2013, Assamese)
Mary Kom (2014, Hindi) alongwith Priyanka
Chopra
Luv Ka The End (2011, Hindi)
Raag Desh (2017, Hindi) as Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose
Yaara (2020) with Vidyut Jammwal
* Matin Rey Tangu, Arunachal Pradesh
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| Matin Rey Tangu in Tubelight (2017) with Salman Khan |
Date of Birth: 2011 (Date and month
unknown)
Birthplace: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Notable movies:
Tubelight (2017, Hindi) alongwith Salman
Khan
Bharat (2018, Hindi) alongwith Salman Khan
* James WC Meetei, Tripura
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| James WC Meetei in Uri - the Surgical Strike (2019) |
Notable movie:
Uri – the Surgical Strike (2019) as SF
Commando Robin Nangrum
* Pabitra Rabha Jalah, Assam
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| Pabitra Rabha in Mary Kom (2014) |
Date of Birth: 31st January,
1976
Birthplace: Tangla, Assam
Notable movies:
Tango Charlie (2005) alongside Ajay Devgn
and Bobby Deol
Mukhbir (2008)
Mary Kom (2014) alongwith Priyanka Chopra
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