Panchayat 4: Who played Neena Gupta’s father? THIS veteran star is a Padma Shri awardee and...

Panchayat season 4 has become the most loved web series. In season 4, we had a few new characters. One of them was Manju Devi's father. Read on to know more about him.

By: Sanskruti Nemane | Published: July 08 2025, 06:28 PM IST

bollywoodlife.com photo — Panchayat season 4 success

Panchayat is India’s most loved web series. It has a crazy fan following. Season 4 received a mixed response from the audience. Some have loved it as always while some found it a bit boring as compared to the first three seasons. The web series stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Sanvikaa, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik and Sunita Rajwar. In this season, we saw the election happening between Kranti Devi and Manju Devi. The election campaign was so interesting to watch. This season there were many interesting things that happened and have laid the foundation for Panchayat season 5. Apart from this, season 4 also had many new entries in the show.

bollywoodlife.com photo — New characters of Phulera

Panchayat season 4 had new characters like Sansad ji and Manju Devi’s father. Yes, both these characters had less screen time but they had a big impact on the storyline.

bollywoodlife.com photo — Who played Neena Gupta’s father?

Veteran actor Ram Gopal Bajaj played the role of Neena Gupta’s father in the web series. He entered the show midway when Manju Devi and the team were busy with their promotional campaigns.

bollywoodlife.com photo — Ram Gopal Bajaj’s entry

We all saw that he entered in an auto and stopped near the Panchayat office. The auto driver refused to go inside the Phulera village, saying that people get violent here. Soon, Sachiv ji takes him on a cycle to Pradhan ji’s house.

bollywoodlife.com photo — Who is Ram Gopal Bajaj?

He is a veteran actor and a Padma Shri awardee. He has been a part of Indian Cinema for more than 30 years. He first started as an assistant director and then became an actor.

bollywoodlife.com photo — Ram Gopal Bajaj’s work

He has been a part of movies like Masoom, Mirch Masala, Chandni, Parzania and Jolly LLB 2. He also did an award-winning movie Mango Dreams which also starred Pankaj Tripathi and Sameer Kochhar.

bollywoodlife.com photo — His education

Ram Gopal Bajaj was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. He studied Hindi literature at Patna University. Later, he went to the National School of Drama (NSD) and completed his diploma in acting in 1965. He then went on to teach drama at Modern School in Delhi. He also served as Director for NSD from November 1995 to September 2001.

bollywoodlife.com photo — Panchayat cast from NSD

Panchayat actors like Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Sunita Rajwar, Durgesh Kumar are also NSD graduates. As per reports, Jitendra Kumar aka Sachiv Ji was rejected by NSD and FTII before joining TVF.

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