Panchayat (Web Series 2020)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

Director: Deepak Kumar Mishra

Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy etc.
By- Souvik Biswas

   Photo: Jitendra Kumar in his role   of Panchayat

Review: TVF always presented good story with proper entertainment till date and this series is not beyond that. The entire plot of this series is completely based on a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar) is an engineering graduate who aspires for a high profile job but he cannot succeed that. So he is compelled to join the post of the Secretary of that panchayat for a mere salary of twenty thousand with a friend’s advice too. After joining he wants to get rid of that job and that village as well for being unaccustomed to the lifestyle of a village and he makes himself prepared for acing CAT examination to pursue MBA. So that he gets a better job with a great salary. Thus the story heads with several ups and downs. This series shows every corner of rural India, the culture, lifestyle and the issues faced by the people living there. Now coming to performances, Jitendra Kumar is undoubtedly outstanding in his role. He is one of the finest actors in the recent times. He is flawless in every nuance. Here comes the second man i.e. Raghuvir Yadav justifies his role in every frame. Despite getting small screen presence Neena Gupta is spot on in her character. Chandan Roy also gives his best to support the film. Needless to mention it is starring a bunch of talented supporting actors that TVF does every time in their series. The cinematography is quite nice especially the drone shots depict the bird’s-eye view of the village is actually very scenic. The background music is also rightly placed but there is a song at the end would have been better. The editing is also right. The colour tone used in it makes every scene real and vivid. At last this is to say that it is a must watch for everyone. I am personally waiting for the season 2.