Gram Chikitsalay

The first two episodes of the series had me completely with light hearted gags and superficial struggles of Amol's character. However the story gets serious from episode 3 and ends in a way no one would have imagined after watching the trailer. The character choices are drawn heavily from Panchayat (web series) and hence do not feel fresh. Amol Parashar's attempt is honest but Anandeshwar Dwivedi, Vinay Pathak and Akash Makhija are spot on. Garima Vikrant Singh however overshadows them all. I had last seen her in a daily soap called Nimki Mukhiya and had never imagined her doing such a role. Every single actor including the one who plays Sudhir has given his 100% but the story and character development is so abrupt that you cannot remain connected with anyone for long. The series does not stay with you after you complete it but does manage to keep you hooked through out. Probably because you want to see more of Vinay Pathak, but that never happens.

The story as I said is weak and is merely touching upon the struggles MOs have to face during their mandatory rural postings. The research is not proper and grounded. The screenplay also seems to have been written in haste. May be the makers were in a hurry to release it.

Goofs: 1. People are wearing sweaters in September.

2. The guy who delivers vaccine to MO should have come from CMO office, but comes from the direction of village.

3. Village people keep switching from bhojpuri to maghi and maithili.

Even if we try as much as to do not compare this with 'Panchayat', it will definitely make you feel that it is a story from nearby village of Phulera. Story opens with excitement,but then entire plot misses and goes on different paths. It has no goal on where it will end up. If you this its a story between two doctors, and who is the real one, then you are guessing it completely wrong. Thats not the case, this is mix of everything, but not the straight story. Also, Anandeshwar Dwiwedi is the one who owns the stage and you definitely miss his presence if he is not on the screen. Overall, light hearted story which gives some giggles and keeps you excited about Panchayat!

Anwar Says: Another tvf creation after Panchayat with different intent and plot. In the former, we see reluctance to settle the lead in a village, here it is willingness. An honest try to show the truth of PHC In village but a bit exaggerated. The series could not take off because of its sloppy writing and murky pace.

Amol Parashar as Dr Prabhat carries his emotions well. The compounder Puthani -Anandeshwar Dwivedi gave a solid performance. But the standout is Indu played by Garima Vikrant Singh , the depth of her character for her son and Bairagi husband is the sound feature of the story. Vinay Pathak as quack couldn't be exploited. Village elections sequences and characters were hardly funny and were unrealistic. Cinematography and the actual settings of a fictional village of Jharkhand are worth mentioning.

Some of the issues are unresolved like the contents of letter of CMO and what happened to Sudhir, the vanished vaccines,I am expecting the second season, which I hope will be more crisp.

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At first glance, this series felt like pure entertainment - quirky characters, sharp wit, and just the right amount of chaos to make you binge three episodes without noticing the time. It was fun, even silly at times, and I honestly thought it would stay in that lane. But then, it did something rare: it shifted gears, and it did it perfectly.

Somewhere between the laughs and drama, the show took a hard turn into something real. It started tackling a very specific, very necessary aspect of our society - all through the lens of medicine. It wasn't preachy or overly sentimental. Instead, it exposed how the healthcare system fails people - not in broad, abstract ways, but in detailed, painfully accurate terms. It showed what doctors really face behind closed doors, what patients are forced to endure, and how policies, biases, and broken systems shape real lives.

.. at all. I can't say this enough because anyone who has watched that is certainly going to compare Gram Chikitsalaya with it on some level and they'll end up extremely disappointed.

Gram Chikitsalaya is far more serious, not meant to be as wholesome or even as simple as Panchayat. It is slightly less cheerful and complex. And most of all, it is slow. Agter having watched 5 episodes, I'm not sure if I can identify its genre. In fact, some issues that were raised in earlier episodes are still unresolved, so it's not a "drama of the episode" kind of series either.

It was only after the fifth episode that I could tell that this whole time they were just setting it up. It's too early to tell if this is a good one or not, and that's already saying something.

It may not be compulsory for a series to get you hooked early enough. After all, TVF has earned our trust enough that we could hang on for a few more episodes.

All that said, there's still potential, and once it finds its ground, I'm sure this will be great in its own way.