Panchayat (2020)
Panchayat (2020)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Panchayat is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Prime Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jitendra Kumar
Abhishek Tripathi
Raghubir Yadav
Brij Bhushan Dubey
Kusum Shastri
District Magistrate
Neena Gupta
Manju Devi
Chandan Roy
Vikas - Sachiv Sahayak
Faisal Malik
Prahlad Pandey
Chandan Kumar
Creator
Sanvikaa
Rinki
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 3, 2020
Original Nameपंचायत
StatusReturning Series
Seasons3
Episodes17
Running Time30m
Genres
Wiki.
Panchayat is an Indian Hindi-language streaming television series created by The Viral Fever for Amazon Prime Video. The series scripted by Chandan Kumar, was directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, which features Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik and Sunita Rajwar. It chronicles the life of an engineering graduate who joins as a Panchayat secretary in a remote fictional village of Phulera of Uttar Pradesh due to lack of better job options.
The series was shot in a real panchayat office located in village Mahodiya of district Sehore Madhya Pradesh. Sehore is about 40 kilometres from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Mahodiya is about 10 kilometres from Sehore district headquarters. The soundtrack and score of the series are composed by Anurag Saikia, whilst cinematography and editing were performed by Amitabh Singh and Amit Kulkarni respectively. This series is Mishra's full-fledged attempt at direction after directing the respective second seasons of Permanent Roommates and Humorously Yours!.Panchayat was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 3 April 2020. The series received mostly positive response from critics, with the performances of the leading actors, scripting, direction and major technical aspects were praised, critics also appreciated TVF, its producers to come up with a rural village setting as compared to the previous projects, which is mostly based on the urban atmosphere. At the inaugural ceremony of Filmfare OTT Awards, the series won all the nominations under the Comedy Series category, except for Best Actress. The series was also nominated for Best Original Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues for Chandan Kumar, although it did not receive a win.The second season of the series was scheduled to be released on 20 May 2022. However, all the episodes were released two days before the actual release date. In this season, Abhishek is seen taking more interest in village politics and developments alongside preparing for CAT exam.
The series has been renewed for a third season and was scheduled to premiere on 15 January, 2024 but postponed to February.