Panchayat Season 3: Jeetendra Kumar Returns as Abhishek Tripathi, First Look Goes Viral

Amazon Prime Video launched its popular series Panchayat on Saturday and released the first look of the show on social media. The featured image captures the actor portraying a panchayat secretary riding a motorcycle with bags on his back. It remains unclear whether this means his departure from Fulera village. The makers are yet to announce the release date of the show.

The photo following the post shows other characters from the series including Banrakas, Vinod and Madhav played by Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak and Bulu Kumar respectively. They sit on a bench against a wall with the words, “Thokar lagti hai to dard hota hai, tabhi manushya seekh pata hai (Failure may break you, but you learn from your failure).

The photos were shared on Prime Video’s official Instagram account with the caption: “We know the wait is unbearable, so we’ve got something from the series! #PanchayatOnPrime Season 3.”

In November, Neena Gupta, who plays Manju Devi’s character, shared a video from the series’ wrap-up party. In the footage, she was presented with her on-screen husband, veteran actor Raghubir Yadav. Neena captioned the post, “Ending Panchayat Season 3!”

TVF’s Panchayat Season 2 won the Best Web Series (OTT) award at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Introduced for the first time, this category saw Panchayat 2 as the inaugural winner.

The narrative follows the story of an engineering graduate who is forced to become a panchayat secretary in the fictional village of Phulera, Uttar Pradesh, due to limited job opportunities. The initial season of the show premiered on Prime Video in April 2020 during the Covid lockdown, to great acclaim.