Amazon Prime Video’s Panchayat (Season 2) to be premiered on 20 May

Amazon Prime Video’s Panchayat (Season 2), starring Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Yadav and Neena Gupta, will be streamed from 20 May.

The critically acclaimed series, created by The Viral Fever (TVF), first premiered on the platform on 3 April 2020.

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A date announcement video shows Jitendra Kumar as panchayat secretary Abhishek Tripathi trying to come to terms with what he’s going to do in Phulera, Uttar Pradesh, the small village he’s been assigned to, for another full year.

The video hints that Abhishek finally makes the acquaintance of the elusive daughter of Manju Devi (Neena Gupta) and her husband Brij Bhushan Dubey (Raghuvir Yadav).

The web-series has been written and directed by Chandan Kumar and Deepak Kumar Mishra, who also penned and helmed the first season, and will pick up where the show left off.

The first season won Best Comedy Series at the first-ever Filmfare OTT awards in 2020; Kumar, Yadav, and Gupta also bagged three of the four acting awards in the comedy category.