Overview
- On June 21, a colossal bottle gourd appeared atop a cooker at Lucknow’s 1090 Chauraha as a guerrilla marketing stunt for Panchayat Season 4.
- Videos of the installation went viral, inspiring jokes about “Binod” and sparking widespread speculation about its purpose.
- In the new season, the lauki represents the election symbol for Neena Gupta’s Manju Devi as she contests the village head race against Kranti Devi.
- Fan participation in an online vote led Amazon Prime Video to move the series premiere up from July 2 to June 24.
- Panchayat, created by The Viral Fever and starring Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav, follows rural governance in Uttar Pradesh and has earned critical acclaim.