‘Vinod is watching how people are being made to speak in English,’ If you have watched the popular web series ‘Panchayat’ based on village elections, then you will definitely be familiar with this dialogue or meme. Now, Darbhanga actor Durgesh Kumar, who stole the limelight by playing the character of Banarakas in a desi style in this web series, has given a big statement regarding Bihar elections.
In the web series, he ultimately wins the election of Pradhan, but in the real world, his experience regarding the elections has been very different. Durgesh Kumar told in an interview given to a YouTube channel that no candidate he has voted for till date in his assembly constituency Alinagar has ever won the election. Alinagar Bihar This is the same seat from where this time BJP has made famous folk singer Maithili Thakur its candidate.
Ticket is sold for Rs 2 crore: Durgesh Kumar
Banarakas i.e. Durgesh Kumar said, ‘I have a voter ID card of Alinagar assembly constituency. I vote for the right candidate every time there, now I will not tell whom I vote for. If he doesn’t win then what should I do, do you know who wins there? Do you know that tickets are sold here for Rs 2 crores? I will tell you which party is the date and time, tickets are sold in Bihar for Rs 2 crore.
Durgesh started with theatre.
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Today, Durgesh Kumar is one of those artists from the soil of Bihar who has won the hearts of the audience with his acting without any godfather. Durgesh, who hails from Darbhanga, started his journey with theatre. Moving forward from village street plays and college drama competitions, he understood the nuances of theater and made acting his own identity.
Durgesh believes that acting is not just the art of speaking dialogues but the understanding of living life. His character Banarakas in the Panchayat web series may be from a small village, but the layers of humor and truth in it made this character immortal in the hearts of the audience.
He says that when he was selected for this character, he closely felt the village dialect, rural expressions and the reality of rural life. This is the reason why every scene of ‘Panchayat’ seems so alive.
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