Panchlait (2017)
Set in either the 1950s or 1960s, Panchlait tells the story of a small village in North India that still has no electricity and its people live in darkness, engrossed in its own little sorrows and joys. Godhan, who belongs to the Mahato Tola of the village, is outcast from the village after he refuses to pay any part of his inheritance to the village and is falsely accused by Munri's mother for singing inappropriate Hindi songs for Munri. However, the day that the tola decides to celebrate by bringing in their own panchlight, the sarpanch realizes that no one from the tola apart from Godhan knows how to light the petromax. Keeping aside his ego, the Sarpanch annuls Gordhan's punishment and sends a word for him, who finally becomes a part of the tola and also helps the village in being lit up, becoming the hero in everyone's eyes.
- Date of release
- 2017-11-17
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Prem Prakash Modi
Casting
- Brijendra Kala
- Rajesh Sharma
- Yashpal Sharma
- Amitosh Nagpal — Godhan
- Ravi Jhankal — Sardaar Jagnandan Mahto
- Lalit Parimoo
- Anuradha Mukherjee — Munri
- Nayna Bandhopadhyay — Kaneli
Interesting facts
Panchlait is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language social comedy film based on Phanishwar Nath 'Renu''s short story 'Panchlight'. This movie directed by Prem Prakash Modi features Amitosh Nagpal, Anuradha Mukherjee, Yashpal Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Ravi Jhankal, Brijendra Kala, Lalit Parimoo, Pranay Narayan and Anurima Ghosh in important roles. Panchlait was released on 17 November 2017. Currently the film is streaming on MX Player.
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