Someone Pointed Out The Similarities Between 'Panchayat' & This Old SRK Show That We Can't Unsee

 

There are thousands of shows that have been released by different digital platforms, but there are only a handful of shows that instantly connect with their audience. And, one such show is TVF's Panchayat.

There's no doubt that the second season of this comedy-drama series is one of those comfort comedies that you can return to, time and again, and will always leave with a smile on your face.

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While the fans are still not over the latest season of this feel-good show, that took the entire nation by storm with its brilliant humour and true portrayal of rural life, a social media user, who goes by the username @zalzalamass, posted a clip from an old Doordarshan movie from 1989, Umeed. 

Interestingly, there were some extremely similar visuals that netizens just couldn't ignore.

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In the movie, Bank Babu (Shah Rukh Khan) is assigned to a village as a banker, just like Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar) in the show. In fact, there were several striking similarities between the two characters in their introductory scene.

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Don't believe us? Let us take you through it.

1. When both the characters first stepped into an unknown rural area, they both took a moment to soak it all in.

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2. In fact, they both had the same thought and expression- confusion.

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3. They saw an old door with locks on it, which eventually became their office AND home.

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4. Their respective office assistants, who were waiting for them to arrive at the location, were nothing but comforting supportive characters.

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5. And lastly, a sigh of relief when they first enter their office cum home.

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Needless to mention, netizens were quite pleased to see SRK acing his role to perfection. Like always.

I use to watch this n enjoy his role Anand. Cutie pie 🥰

— Sara Hegde (@Sara_mishti) July 23, 2022

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You can watch the entire movie here:

This simply proves that SRK has done it all!

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