The much-loved comedy-drama Panchayat has returned with its fourth season, bringing again its quirky characters. In an unique dialog with Filmfare, actress Neena Gupta, who performs Manju Devi Dubey, the Pradhan (President) of Gram Panchayat, spoke concerning the new season and shared an fascinating tackle how her function is commonly categorised.
The fourth season picks up proper the place the third season left off and dives into the elections within the village of Phulera. It’s Manju Devi vs Kranti Devi (Sunita Rajwar) in a head-to-head battle to change into the subsequent Pradhan. Regardless of enjoying an essential function within the collection, Gupta is labelled as a ‘supporting’ character, one thing that she finds puzzling.
She advised us, “Mereko kahi baar samajh mein nahi ata yeh supporting actor/actress ka kya hai…Ek actor hai, aapko agar lagta hai mereko yeh bhi pasand ayi, woh bhi pasand ayi, toh do awards dedo. Yeh supporting kya hota hai? How do you determine? (I actually don’t perceive this complete idea of ‘supporting actor’ or ‘supporting actress.’ In case you suppose you preferred this efficiency and that one too, then simply give two awards. What even is supporting? How do you determine that?)”
Neena continued, “Panchayat mein supporting kitne mil gaye mujhe. Primary supporting kaha hu? Kisko assist kar rahi hu? (laughs) Mujhe samajh mein aj tak nahi aya. 6 award dedo agar apko 6 actors pasand aye. Supporting kya hota hai? Abhi kahi most important padh rahi thi ki Pradhan ji ko supporting actor ka award milna chahiye. ( I’ve obtained so many ‘supporting’ awards for Panchayat. However the place am I supporting? Who am I supporting (laughs)? I’ve by no means fairly understood it. In case you preferred six performances, then give six awards. What’s this concept of supporting? I used to be simply studying someplace that Pradhanji (her character) ought to get a supporting actor award!”

Apparently, she has received the Filmfare OTT Awards for Greatest Supporting Actress in Comedy Collection twice for the primary and second seasons of Panchayat. The collection additionally stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Sanvikaa, Durgesh Kumar, Sunita Rajwar and Ashok Pathak, amongst others.
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