Panchayat (2020)

Original title

पंचायत

Directed by

Deepak Kumar Mishra

Genre

comedy, dramatic theatre

Country

India

Length

5 seasons, 32 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 143 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An engineering graduate takes a low-level job as secretary of a village panchayat office because he cannot find other work. The series follows his everyday experiences and interactions with the eccentric residents of a small Indian village.

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What happens

Panchayat is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama web series created by The Viral Fever for Amazon Prime Video. Written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra & Akshat Vijaywargiya, the series stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik, and Sanvikaa, alongside Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Sunita Rajwar and Pankaj Jha. It follows an engineering graduate who becomes the secretary of a gram panchayat in the fictional village of Phulera in Uttar Pradesh due to limited job opportunities. The series premiered on 3 April 2020 and received critical acclaim for its writing, performances, and portrayal of rural life. It has four seasons as of June 2025. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which is scheduled to premiere in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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