Deepak Mishra narrated how he was inspired by hit Doordarshan shows like Malgudi Days, Tenali Rama, and Swami. But with time, the makers switched to a panchayat
directOR of panchayat
He is the director of Panchayat. Deepak Kumar Mishra is famous for his spoof of Raghu Ram in Rowdies. He has also directed Permanent Roommates Season 2 and Humorously Yours Season 2.
cameo
Taking about Mishra, he has also done a small cameo in Panchayat. We leave it to you to find out in which episode.
flim shorts
The show office.is shot in an actual village and in a real panchayat office.The show was shot in the Maho diya village of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.
cinematographer
The cinematographer, Amitabha Singh, is the same person who has given Bollywood gems such as Khosla Ka Ghosla, and Chillar Party, to name a few.
Bhushan character
Bhushan (played by Durgesh Kumar) started his career with a cameo in Imitiaz Ali’s Highway. Durgesh is also an NSD actor.
bikaS character
Vikas (played by Chandan Roy), who plays the role of the ever-present Sahayak, was initially not even confirmed for that role. Rather he was selected for a small role.
prahlad pandey
Faisal Malik, who plays the role of Prahlad Pandey, runs a production company – Hamari Film Company. He has worked on Revolver Rani and Main Aur Charles as a producer.
Manju devi character
To make the characters look more authentic, costume designer Priyadarshini Majumdar bought clothes for everyone from the local markets. But after the first wash, those clothes shrunk.
Abhishek
Abhishek’s US return friend Siddharth, has written sketches for TVF. He is known for his character ‘Imaandar Sharma’ –
Meet togather
Panchayat is not the first time Pradhan Ji and Manju Devi have been paired together. Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav were also seen together in 1982.
Manju devi
costume designer Priyadarshini Majumdar bought clothes for everyone from the local markets. But after the first wash, those clothes shrunk.