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In a 2017 advertisement<\/a> released by the Election Commission, the popular comedian duo Dhurmus and Suntali attempt to teach the Madhesi community how to vote. Suntali, played by Kunjana Ghimire, is seen surrounded by a group of Madhesi people explaining how to cast a vote while Dhurmus, played by Sitaram Kattel, disturbs them, saying this is unnecessary. Both Ghimire and Kattel are in blackface\u2014makeup to make one look like a caricature of the community they\u2019re playing, in this case, Madhesis.
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The ad faced a backlash, both online and offline, with many asking why the same advertisement couldn\u2019t have been made with Madhesi actors instead of having actors colour themselves darker while putting on a stereotypical accent. The video was eventually withdrawn from all platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhurmus-Suntali\u2019s adoption of black makeup and an accent is not unique in Nepali comedy; many prominent comedians have a history of putting on blackface to portray Madhesis. While even comedy veteran Hari Bansha Acharya put on blackface in the past, more recently, Deepak Raj Giri, Shiva Shankher Rijal and Sandip Chhetri regularly portray their Madhesi characters with dark makeup while wearing a dhoti and a gamcha<\/em> wrapped around their head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although blackface videos have dropped in number since the Dhurmus-Suntali controversy, many comedians say they don\u2019t understand what is wrong with colouring one\u2019s face darker to play a character. Madhesi actors and activists, however, find such portrayals racist and offensive because it stereotypes a vastly diverse community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust wearing black makeup, dhoti-kurta and using the southern accent doesn\u2019t make a character Madhesi. Even when done in good humour, it feels humiliating,\u201d said Ramesh Ranjan Jha, a Madhesi actor. Despite the diversity of the Tarai, most Nepali movies and comedy skits tend to portray people from southern plains as vegetable hawkers and uneducated half-wits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMadhesi characters in Nepali movies are usually fillers. They are not well thought out,\u201d said Jha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globally, and particularly in the United States, blackface is considered racist and offensive. Its origins date back to 19th century America, where theatre performers coloured their faces in black for comedy skits to portray demeaning caricatures of African-Americans to make people laugh. Blackface has long been considered extremely offensive, and in recent years, it has even cost<\/a> some people<\/a> their jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandip Chhetri\u2019s Mithai Lal Jyadav character on the Kantipur TV\u2019s \u2018What the Flop\u2019 series was once portrayed in blackface with an accent. But the actor says people want to see him play that role. The character was designed to subtly raise issues of the Madhes, at a time when Madhesis were fighting for equal rights from the state, said Chhetri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe essence of comedy is that it can point to heavy issues in a lighter tone. In this case, Mithai Lal was able to do it sweetly and innocently,\u201d said Chhetri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Chhetri has time and again played up Madhesi stereotypes for laughs. In one of his skits<\/a>, his character says, \u201cHami ka kalo cha, hami ta kaaaaaaaloh cha,\u201d (I am not just black, I am very black). But Chhetri says the line was just for the sake of laughter and entertainment, and that people shouldn\u2019t look deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople love my character. My jokes don\u2019t humiliate them, instead my character represents the Madhes community,\u201d said Chhetri, who grew up in Birgunj. \u201cOver the years, Mithai Lal has been presented as someone intellectual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the Mithai Lal character has evolved. Chhetri doesn\u2019t put on blackface anymore, even though the accent has remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI put on a darker shade of makeup in the beginning so that I could capture the audience\u2019s attention. It was necessary for the character to look like most Madhesi people, but now that the character has grown, it’s not necessary for me to put on darker makeup. I have also been playing the character in diverse roles\u2014sometimes he is a businessman, sometimes a politician,\u201d Chhetri said about his decision to do away with the makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not just Chhetri who\u2019s amassed a following playing a Madhesi character. There\u2019s Himalaya TV\u2019s \u2018Joginder Bole Pranam Ji<\/a>\u2019 and Deepa Shree Niraula and Deepak Raj Giri\u2019s Ram Bilas and Dhaniya<\/a>. While many seem to find these characters entertaining, others say that such portrayals are ultimately detrimental to the communities they\u2019re representing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s problematic because they are reducing a community\u2019s culture and diversity to their colour and accent,\u201d said comedian Aayush Shrestha. \u201cAlthough people may say it\u2019s not about the colour, we live in a society where colour discrimination exists, so it shouldn\u2019t be a punch line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandip Chhetri\u2019s Mithai Lal character was once portrayed in blackface. Now just the accent remains.  Courtesy of Nepal Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, more people are calling out such characters as offensive<\/a> and disgusting<\/a>, and that Madhesi actors could easily bring authenticity to such roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deepak Raj Giri, however, believes that there is nothing wrong with colouring one\u2019s face dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am an artist and I should be able to play different roles. For representation\u2019s sake, I can\u2019t go looking for a terrorist because someone needs to play the role of a terrorist,\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even revered comedian duo MaHa Jodi has indulged in blackface in the past. In Pandra Gate<\/em>, released in 1986, Hari Bansha Acharya\u2019s character marries Chanda, a Tharu woman played in blackface by Sharmila Maharjan. Acharya himself has portrayed a Madhesi character in several MaHa Jodi comedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first, we just tried to represent her character through Tharu clothes and jewellery, but we felt that Sharmila didn\u2019t look enough like a girl from the Tarai and so we used black makeup,\u201d said Acharya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acharya, however, recognises that blackface is problematic. His team had sought a Tharu actor at the time, but they were unable to find one, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooking back, maybe we could\u2019ve done without the makeup, but at that time, we thought it was necessary,\u201d Acharya told the Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actors should be allowed to play diverse roles, said Acharya, but they need to be more responsible about not hurting community sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The continuing popularity of such portrayal shows that Nepali cinema hasn\u2019t led the audience to think critically, said Jha. But there is also dearth of diversity in the kinds of Madhesi characters in Nepali films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t even say that people like these portrayals because we haven\u2019t given them a variety to choose from,\u201d said Ramesh Ranjan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But things are changing in Nepali cinema and stories now look for a more diverse set of characters, said Rabindra Jha, an actor endeared for his role as Munna in the film Jatrai Jatra<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPreviously, Nepali comedy was based on distorted and exaggerated buffoonery, comic characters would usually be someone disabled, black or poor, but I think that has changed now,\u201d said Rabindra. \u201cThe audience has become wiser and southern characters today have more important roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is, however, still a need for more diversity in the movie industry, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor equal representation, people need to seek out actors from diverse communities. Storytelling can be more powerful when you can show the depth of a culture,\u201d said Ramesh Ranjan. \u201cThen our movies will also reach a wider audience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar, it is up to the film industry itself to promote this change and reject such regressive portrayals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur job is to question the powerful, question wrong beliefs and systems. Filmmaking should be about making bridges, connecting communities and people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many Madhesis, their problematic portrayal in popular culture is another symptom of how communities in the Tarai are seen. Madhesis have long faced discrimination from the state apparatus, leading to periodic outbursts of discontent. The Madhes movements have attempted to pressure the government to ensure equal rights and for other communities to view them differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause there is much history to how we have been brought up, it may take longer to get rid of this kind of character profiling,\u201d said Kalpana Jha, author of \u2018The Madhesi Upsurge and the Contested Idea of Nepal<\/a>\u2019. \u201cWhat has changed today is how Madhesis react, and the voice has certainly become stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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