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PANCHAYAT SEASON 2 REVIEW : THAT FAMILIAR FEELING WORKS LIKE A CHARM ALL OVER AGAIN
STORY: After living the humdrum life of Phulera for months, Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar) has slowly gotten used to it, although not totally happy yet. However, his closeness with Pradhanji (Raghuvir Yadav) and his family pits him against his arch-rival even as he continues to tackle the trivial matters and put up with the constant bickering of the gaonwalas. REVIEW: Entitled and arrogant villagers, a less-than-basic office cum home and a goofy assistant, who can never be trusted to do a job right – welcome back to Abhishek Tripathi’s life as the Panchayat secretary of Phulera. Now, anyone who has watched and enjoyed the first season of this extremely relatable comedy-drama knows that this is pretty much the calling card of the show. And the second season begins exactly where the first one ended. Nothing much has changed. And we’re used to that because Phulera is full of people who aren’t too accepting of change and neither do they have any regard for someone, who can bring in the change. ‘Panchayat 2’ once again celebrates this defiant streak of its characters while continuing to dole out harmless plots of daily village life. It’s a world on its own, pretty much cut off from the madness of social media trends, global issues and even the larger state or nation politics. And ironically, the story is set in Uttar Pradesh – a largest state of India that plays a significant role on the country’s political landscape. And this is perhaps what makes life in Phulera so endearing and exciting that for those eight episodes, we go back to simpler times and get transported to a place where a rickety handpump is the only source of water for a government office and its CCTV camera is used to look for missing goats and chappals. It’s all very harmless and yet a matter of life and death for the people living there. It’s this conviction in the writing of the plots and its characters that makes us involved in it. The show’s highly educated central character continues to be juxtaposed against a bustling city life and career that eludes him while he slugs it out in a job that pays a measly 20,000 rupees per month. Jitendra Kumar’s portrayal of Abhishek is just as organic as the show’s humour and its realism. The actor is unpretentious, likeable and relatable, as he stands out as a good-looking and eligible young man in checkered shirts and formal trousers. Raghuvir Yadav as Pradhanji and Neena Gupta as Manju Devi are a delight as they rub off each other in scenes of their domestic one-upmanship. Gupta’s character gets some teeth this time and the actress is wonderfully gifted to play such characters with restraint and utmost conviction. Chandan Roy continues to be the silly yet endearing side-kick with his heart in the right place. The rest of the supporting cast plays along well too. ‘Panchayat 2’ doesn’t try hard to be comedic or slapstick, it doesn’t try to change the world of patriarchy, societal ills like dowry, or rally for women empowerment. It just exists in a simple no-frills rural life set in the heartland of India. It’s the kind of escapism we need from the grimness of life and that makes it watchable, all over again.
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