Panchayat is a light web series available on Prime is a decent watch. The first season comprising of 8 episodes works primarily for its simplicity in its treatment, unipolar characters and clean humor.

Panchayat is about the urban lad protagonist Abhishek who has no other option than to take the job of a secretary at a panchayat office in the rural part of India. The protagonist's goal is to move out of this job by clearing CAT and get into an MNC like his peers, and whether he crosses this hurdle is the outer conflict of the first season.

Though the plot is not novel, there are interesting side characters making the journey of events likeable. Every episode may not be a direct continuation of the previous episode, and that could be a convenient approach for the writers to fast forward the timeline indicating the long stay of the protagonist in the remote village. There are a few heart-wrenching scenes conveyed with sincerity ensuring the viewing experience is worth for. There are attempts made to evoke humor, some of them fall flat, while others hit bull's eye.

Every key character in this web series is top-notch especially Raghuvir Yadav, Chandan Roy & Faisal Malik and it is the protagonist Jitendra Kumar who fails to impress, the sulk mode expressions, the eye movements were distractions for me to stay with the character, and I hope the second season will be a turn around for this actor to perform at par.

The making of this web series is modest and there is nothing to rave about the technicalities. The narrative is smart enough to not focus on the daily issues of the people from that remote village, it rather tackles key issues through the perspective of the protagonist like population control, women empowerment, shredding off superstitions.

The characterisation of the protagonist lacks flesh when it comes to his background, his living style, his social circle and his relations with his parents and that makes it hard to empathise completely with the protagonist and his plight to be there in the remote village.

Panchayat - a series free (almost) of cuss words, free of eroticism - making it a series for the entire family. Give it a try!.