Prime Video has just sprung the biggest surprise on its subscribers. It has dropped all episodes of the much-awaited new season 2 of its beloved series ‘Panchayat’ — 2 days early! Yes, Panchayat Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video from today, 18th May itself instead of its scheduled date of 20th May.
The reason behind the early streaming of Panchayat S2 is as always ‘piracy’ – the bane of the Indian entertainment industry. The hotly anticipated series leaked this morning, and soon found its way to scores of piracy and illegal streaming websites. As per US subscribers of Prime Video, Panchayat S2 began streaming on Prime Video US this morning, apparently due to a glitch. Maybe that’s where the entire Panchayat Season 2 was leaked from.
In matters such as this, it is an insurmountable task to find out where the leak came from. It is an even more difficult task to plug the leak, once a piece of content is out on piracy websites.
The best way for streaming platforms to stem losses and control the damage done is by releasing the leaked content as soon as possible. Which is why Prime Video has released Panchayat Season 2 on its platform 2 days early.
Panchayat Season 2 again takes place in the tiny UP town of Phulera. The new season of Panchayat features returning characters Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar), Pradhanji (Neena Gupta) Pradhan Pati (Raghubir Yadav) and Vikas (Chandan Roy), and several new characters, including Pinky, the Pradhan couple’s daughter.
Panchayat is created by The Viral Fever, masters of creating the perfect feel-good, slice-of-life comedy.
Panchayat Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video. Enjoy the show folks, two days early!