“I had realised way back in my mid-teens that I am not meant for a 9-to-5 job life. “I was fascinated by the idea of how an everyman, who went about his or her life for the entire day, could suddenly put on a costume, go on stage in the evening, and become something else.” He adds, “My obsession reached …
If you thought Panchayat 2 was going to be a run-of-the-mill light-hearted comedy, the kind which has existed on Indian television for decades, prepare to be proved wrong. Panchayat’s first season followed Abhishek Tripathi, who unwillingly accepted the job of a Panchayat secretary in the middle of nowhere--more accurately in Phulera, a remote village in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The second …