Jun 25, 2025 05:59 PM IST
Neena Gupta talks about Panchayat’s enduring success, and the way it has sparked a wave of similar-feeling tales set in small villages.
The fourth season of Panchayat was launched on Amazon Prime Video amid a lot fanfare this week. As one of the crucial common Indian streaming reveals at present, Panchayat has an enduring affect on fashionable popular culture, together with a number of ‘copycats’, one thing that even solid member Neena Gupta admits.
On Panchayat’s success
In a chat with Hindustan Occasions whereas selling Panchayat season 4, the veteran actor talks in regards to the present’s affect and its footprint on Indian leisure. Speaking in regards to the success Panchayat has loved, Neena says, “I may have by no means thought this could be so profitable. The writing was good, which is why all of us stated sure to it. The solid was good and I knew lots of them. It was enjoyable. However I by no means imagined it might be such a grand success.”
On ‘chhote gaun ki kahaaniyan’
Panchayat focuses on an MBA-aspirant Abhishek (Jitendra Kumar), who’s appointed Panchayat Secretary in Phulera, a village in the midst of nowhere. Neena Gupta performs the Panchayat chief Manju Devi within the present. Speaking in regards to the progress of rooted tales on streaming, Neena says, “It’s a golden part for actors in addition to writers and filmmakers. However now, everybody desires to make chhote gaon ki kahaani (story from a small village). This occurs. At any time when one thing is profitable, everybody makes the identical factor.”
Neena says your complete solid is ‘proud’ of being in Panchayat. “We’re all like a household right here. It’s an ensemble solid the place everybody suits and everybody will get observed. You possibly can’t ask for extra from a present,” she says.
Panchayat season 4 additionally stars Raghuvir Yadav, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Sanvikaa, Durgesh Kumar, Sunita Rajwar, Ashok Pathak, and Pankaj Jha. It’s at present streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
