Panchayat Season 4 Web Series Review | Suchin Mehrotra | THR India

Suchin Mehrotra from The Hollywood Reporter India reviews "Panchayat" Season 4, the latest installment of Amazon Prime Video's beloved rural comedy-drama created by writer Chandan Kumar and director Deepak Kumar Mishra. In this review, Suchin examines how the fourth season picks up from last season's violent fallout, with the village of Phulera still reeling from the assassination attempt on Pradhan Ji. The season features the returning ensemble cast including Jitendra Kumar as Abhishek, Raghubir Yadav as Pradhan Ji, Chandan Roy as Vikas, Faisal Malik as Prahlad, and Durgesh Kumar as Bhushan, all navigating the upcoming Panchayat elections and ongoing political campaigning. Suchin analyzes how the show, which originally defied algorithm with its gentle slice-of-life approach, now risks conforming to more conventional dramatic storytelling patterns. He discusses the season's familiar plot elements, noting how entire episodes could be lifted from previous seasons without much difference, and examines whether this feels more like "Panchayat Season 3.5" than a true fourth installment.

The review highlights standout moments, particularly an episode focusing on Binod played by Ashok Pathak, while critiquing the show's increasingly visible structural design and repetitive beats. Suchin also explores the modern TVF's split between sincere storytelling and the pressure to churn out new seasons, questioning whether Panchayat maintains its original warmth or succumbs to creative fatigue. "Panchayat" Season 4 is now streaming on Prime Video.