What are they trying to say by calling us Chinese looking?: Manipur Actor Lukram Smil
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Manipur-based actor Lukram Smil, who played the protagonist in the digital film “Penalty”, says racism is so deeply embedded in the minds of people even in India that actors from Northeast faced limited opportunities. People from the Northeast would get casting calls where we were said, ‘we’re auditioning you as we need a ‘Chinese looking’, ‘Nepalese looking’ character’. What are they trying to say by calling us ‘Chinese looking’?, he said.
