The highest-rated series of Amazon Prime Video, Panchayat Season 3 was released on the OTT platform on May 28, 2024. Ever since its release, Panchayat Season 3 has been receiving massive praise from fans as well as from critics. Courtesy of its simple but interesting storyline, Panchayat Season 3 has become the talk of the town. Directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, Panchayat Season 3 is the extension of its first two seasons which majorly revolve around MLA Chandra Kishore Singh locking horns with the people of Phulera. To be precise, Panchayat is is hit Amazon Prim Video series that showcases the story of a small village of UP named Phulera. Talking about starcast, Panchayat Season 3 features Jitendra Kumar as Abhishek Tripathi, Secretary of Gram Panchayat, Neena Gupta as Manju Devi Dubey, Pradhan, Raghubir Yadav as Brij Bhushan Dubey, Manju Devi's Husband, Pradhan-Pati, Durgesh Kumar as Bhushan aka Banrakas, Sunita Rajwar as Kranti Devi, Bhushan's wife and Manju Devi's rival, and more in the leading roles. Recently, Panchayat Season 3 starcast salary was revealed. Below is the Panchayat Season 3 starcast and how much they charged to act in the series-
- As per reports, actor Jitendra Kumar aka ‘Jeetu Bhaiya’, who plays the role of the protagonist Abhishek Tripathi, the ‘Sachiv Ji’ or secretary of Phulera, a remote village in Uttar Pradesh, is the highest-paid actor in the show. He charged Rs 70,000 per episode. Panchayat Season 3 has a total of 8 episodes. It means overall 'Phulera's Sachiv' charged Rs 5.60.000.
- Talking about Bollywood veteran actress Neena Gupta, she has charged Rs 50,000 for each episode. Neena Gupta plays the role of Phulera's Pradhan Manju Devi Dubey and earns Rs 4,00,00 from the Panchayat series.
- Veteran actor Raghubit Yadav who played Brij Bhushan Dubey aka Pradhan Pati reportedly earned Rs 40,000 for each episode, taking home a total salary of Rs 3,20,000 for the third season.
- Candan Roy who essayed the role of Vikas Ji, Assistant Secretary of Phulera Village charged Rs 20,000 per episode taking home a total income of Rs 1,60,000 for the entire season.
Notably, Panchayat Season 4 has been confirmed. As per reports, Panchayat will have a total of 5 seasons. The maker of Panchayat has already started to write Season 4. Three to four episodes have already been written. The director of Panchayat mentioned the series will have five seasons. "We made sure that we made the right content and retained the core soul of the show. We wanted to take the story forward organically. However, we have to make sure that the new season is more entertaining and emotional,” Deepak Kumar Mishra was quoted as saying.