Panchayat is a Hindi-language TV series. Panchayat is a comedy-drama. The series got released on Amazon Prime. The series is a drama directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra. the storyline for the TV series is written by Chandan Kumar. Panchayat features Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Gupta, and Chandan Roy in lead roles. Panchayat premiered on April 3, 2020, on Amazon Prime Video. The music for the Panchayat series is composed by Anurag Sarkar, and Amitabh Singh handled the cinematography.
The story of the TV series revolves around an engineer, who secures a job in a remote village, Phulera, Uttar Pradesh. Unable to find better job options, he joins as a Panchayat Secretary.
Panchayat review shows that the series is quite impressive.
After the successful casting of Panchayat season 1, the makers have decided to come up with the Panchayat web series season 2.
Panchayat star cast:
The director of the Panchayat TV series has chosen a perfect Panchayat star cast. Here is the complete list of Panchayat star cast.
As per sources, Panchayat season 2 will be featuring the same star cast.
Panchayat season 1 comprises eight episodes. To bring life to the story, the makers have filmed the series in a real Panchayat office in Madhya Pradesh.
Panchayat story:
Episodes 1 to 4:
Abhishek Tripathi, a fresh graduate does not secure a job during his final year in college. He gets a chance to join as a panchayat secretary and he decides to give it a try. He reaches Phulera and meets Bhushan Dubey, Prahlad Pandey, and Prahlad's assistant, Vikas. As he enters the Panchayat office and gets shocked after seeing the condition there. Abhishek takes a hasty decision to switch jobs as soon as possible. He focuses to clear CAT and get into one of the IIMs of the country.
Abhishek starts devoting his time to CAT preparation and also arranges for an emergency light there. Then, he decides to install a solar-powered light in the office. However, one of the villagers advises him to install the light as Bhootha Pes i.e., Haunted Tree. This will help the Sarpanch to gather a large number of votes in the upcoming elections.
Further, Abhishek buys a comfy chair for him as it is quite uncomfortable for him to sit on a plastic chair all the time. This becomes a matter of conflict between the sarpanch and Abhishek. Sarpanch feels demeaned as he does not possess such an amazing chair. Soon, the sarpanch hatches a plan to get that chair from Abhishek. We might expect the Panchayat season 2.
Here is a short clip from Panchayat season 1 (episode 3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrmBWggmTw
Meanwhile, Abhishek receives orders from BDO. BDO instructs Abhishek to put up a slogan on "Family Planning." The project comes under DM, so he is bounded to wrap up the work on time. He gets the job done within the given time limit. Abhishek goes for a round-up in the village with the Pradhan, Prahlad, and Vikas. One of the slogans was "Do bacche meethi Kheer, do se jyada bawaseer."
Everyone finds the slogan quite offensive. So, the pradhan instructs Abhishek to rub off the slogan. Later, something outward happens and Pradhan orders Abhishek to put the slogan back. His decision receives support from Prahlad and Vikas. The DM calls Abhishek and tells him that a man from a nearby village has burnt the Panchayat office after reading his slogan. He did it because he has six children. Abhishek narrates the whole incident to Pradhan and requests him to think about his decision, but Pradhan ignores his plea.
Episodes 5 to 8:
One night, Abhishek feels frustrated and consumes beer. That night he forgets to lock the office and as a result, the monitor from the office goes missing. The Pradhan holds Abhishek carelessly and asks him to look for another accommodation. Abhishek reaches the police station along with Prahlad to complain. The police officer comes for an investigation.
Somewhere, he feels Abhishek is the one who is behind the theft as he is in the need of money. An infuriated Abhishek vents out all his frustration. This makes the Pradhan believe that Abhishek is innocent. He organizes a party for Abhishek that night. The next morning, they find the monitor back with a note saying "Monitor was mistaken to be a TV."
One day, when Abhishek goes to get his photograph clicked for his exam. He gets into an argument with two village boys. Vikas advises Abhishek to involve Pradhan in the matter but he refuses. The next day, when he visits the photographer to get his photos, the photographer denies giving the photos. He tells the reason being his involvement in a tussle with the village boys. This compels Abhishek to involve Pradhan in the matter.
Pradhan's daughter's love story can be seen in Panchayat season 2.
Meanwhile, Pradhan fixes his daughter's marriage, and the family puts forth a demand of Rs. 20 lakhs as dowry. He talks about this to Abhishek and gets impressed with his thinking about dowry. Now, Pradhanji begins to test Abhishek whether he would be able to crack the CAT exam or not.
On the day of the examination, Abhishek is very sad as his exam did not go well. Everyone tries to cheer him up. To this, a frustrated Abhishek vents out all his frustration on Vikas. But, he apologizes to Vikas later, as he realizes his mistake. A few days are left for Republic day when Manju Devi taunts Abhishek regarding his failure to crack the exam. In the answer to her taunts, Abhishek too taunts her. He says although she is the Sarpanch every year, his husband, Brij Bhushan Dubey hoists the flag. Manju Devi takes this taunt onto her ego and decides to learn National Anthem. However, she forgets the anthem on the day of flag hoisting. The District Magistrate, who has arrived there to attend the flag-hoisting ceremony finds something wrong and puts up an inquiry.
Everyone celebrates as Manju Devi hoists the flag. Abhishek decides to give one more chance to his CAT preparation. At last, Abhishek is shown to have some feelings for Pradhanji's daughter, Rinki.
Official teaser of Panchayat season 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mojZJ7oeD_g
Panchayat review:
This famous web series on Prime videos has received positive responses from the audience and critics. Sreeparna Sengupta, The Times Of India has given 4 stars out of 5 to the series.
Ruchi Kaushal from The Hindustan Times said "If you want to have something entertaining apart from Ramayan and Mahabharat, you can go for this famous web series on Prime videos." The Panchayat star cast has done the role with honesty and has done justice to the characters.
Ektaa Malik, The Indian Express has given 3.5 stars out of 5.
Panchayat review is quite fascinating as the audience loved the show.
Panchayat has also received nominations at Filmfare OTT Awards for the following domains:
The web series has won many awards at Filmfare OTT Awards for the following domains:
Panchayat season 2 release date:
The makers have announced the filming of Panchayat web series season 2 after the Panchayat season 1 has proved to be a great success on OTT Platform. The Panchayat star cast has done justice to the roles and characters assigned to them. However, the makers have not revealed anything about the Panchayat season 2 release date. But, we can expect Panchayat season 2 to get released in the upcoming months.
Panchayat season 2-star cast:
As per sources, Panchayat season 2 would be having the same Panchayat star cast.
Panchayat season 2 story:
The makers have not revealed anything about the storyline of Panchayat season 2. We can expect the Panchayat season 2 story to revolve around Abhishek and Rinky's love story because, in the last episode, Abhishek is shown to have feelings for her.
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