{{Short description|Nepali actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Ram Chandra Adhikari | image =Ramchandra Adhikari.jpeg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Ram Chandra Adhikari | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- per WP:BLP policy, requires a cited WP:RS --> | birth_place = Gothatar, Kathmandu | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = रामचन्द्र अधिकारी | occupation = Film/Television actor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Sita Adhikari<ref>{{Cite AV media| title = गोक्ते काजीको घरमा पुग्दा जे देखियो, छोरा बुहारी अष्ट्रेलिया अमेरिकामा -Ramchandra Adhikari| accessdate = 2022-08-14| date = 2018-11-27| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFoMrmSZrBs}}</ref> }}
'''Ram Chandra Adhikari''' ({{langx|ne|रामचन्द्र अधिकारी}}) is a comedian actor of Nepal popularly known by pseudonym name ''Kaji Ba({{langx|ne|काजी बा}}) or Gopte Kaji ({{langx|ne|गोपते काजी}})''.<ref>{{Cite web| title = कलाकार रामचन्द्र अधिकारी 'काजी साप' अस्पताल भर्ना| accessdate = 2023-01-01| url = https://www.ratopati.com/story/268917}}</ref> He has acted in about 400 Nepali films and various TV sitcoms as a comedian and character actor.<ref name="ok01">{{Cite web| title = एउटा छोरो अष्ट्रेलियामा, अर्को अमेरिकामा !| work = Online Khabar| accessdate = 2022-08-14| url = https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/01/737226}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last = रातोपाटी| title = रामचन्द्र अधिकारीको जीवन : अभिनयले गर्दा दमाइ भनेर होटलबाटै निकाले| work = RatoPati| accessdate = 2022-08-14| url = https://ratopati.com/story/218667/2022/1/29/ramchandra-adhikari-}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = रामचन्द्र अधिकारी अष्ट्रेलियामा सम्मानित| work = Nepali Digital Newspaper| accessdate = 2022-08-14| url = https://www.ghatanarabichar.com/140451}}</ref>
==Biography== Adhikari was born in Gothatar, Kathmandu. At the age of 10, he had to start working as a home assistant in a family that his parents assigned to him. Due to poor working condition, he ran from that place and went to Hetauda. There he worked in a palace of Rana family. From there he went to Benaras, India. However he could not stay there for long and returned to Nepal after seven months. On the way back, he temporarily worked in an automobile workshop in Sarlahi. Later he returned to Kathmandu. In {{NepaliDateConverter|nepaliyear=2030}}, he got a job in Nepal Telecom at Kathmandu. He acted for a local theatre group in Jorpati at around {{NepaliDateConverter|nepaliyear=2035}} in a play named ''Sachha Prem'' by Bhairav Aryal. Due to the popularity of the play, he was invited to work with other contemporary artists. During his career, he worked in night shift in Nepal telecom while at day he worked as an actor. Adhikari has played in more than 400 films and various television series. Some of his works are as follows:<ref name="ok01"/>
He also played in the longest running sitcom of Nepal titled ''Meri Bassai (Nepali:मेरी बास्सै)''. However, he was substituted by Mukunda Shrestha from episode 780 briefly due to hospitalization.<ref>{{Cite web| title = 'मेरी बास्सै'मा बडाकाजीको हेरेफेर, रामचन्द्र अधिकारीको ठाउँमा आए मुकुन्द श्रेष्ठ| work = Online Khabar| accessdate = 2023-01-01| url = https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2022/11/1216322}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media| people = Kantipur TV HDundefined (Director)| title = Ram Chandra Adhikari (Actor) -Good Morning Nepal - 20 January 2023| accessdate = 2023-01-23| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Q9_XbDCzc}}</ref> Following the contribution to the industry, he became the first person to get life insurance by the Film Development Board, a government entity to promote films in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Actor Adhikari first actor to receive health insurance facility| work = GorakhaPatra| accessdate = 2023-01-01| url = https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/20692}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = स्वास्थ्य बिमा रकम प्राप्त गर्ने पहिलो कलाकार बने रामचन्द्र अधिकारी| accessdate = 2023-01-01| url = https://kantipurtv.com/entertainment/2022/12/28/1672226452.html}}</ref>
===List of telefilms and series=== * Meri Bassai (मेरी बास्सै)- the longest running sitcom in Nepal *Adhyaro Ujyalo (अँध्यारो उज्यालो) *Pritvi Narayan Shah (पृथ्वी नारायण शाह), {{NepaliDateConverter|nepaliyear=2041}} * Chakrabyuh (चक्रब्युह) * Tadhako Basti (टाढाको वस्ती)
===List of films=== * Basudev (वासुदेव) * Koseli (कोशेली) * Chelibeti (चेलिबेटी) * Maya Pirati (माया पिरती) * Adhikar (अधिकार) * Chino (चिनो) * Badal (1994) Deuta Prem Pinda
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1722350 *{{YouTube|4HiZSa8JZw8|Interview in National TV}}
Category:Nepalese male actors Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people