Set in both the Fifties or Sixties, Panchlait tells the story of a small village in North India that also has no electrical energy and its individuals dwell in darkness, engrossed in its personal little sorrows and joys. Godhan, who belongs to the Mahato Tola of the village, is outcast from the village after he refuses to pay any a part of his inheritance to the village and is falsely accused by Munri's mom for singing inappropriate Hindi songs for Munri. Nevertheless, the day that the tola decides to have a good time by bringing in their very own panchlight, the sarpanch realizes that nobody from the tola other than Godhan is aware of how you can mild the petromax. Preserving apart his ego, the Sarpanch annuls Gordhan's punishment and sends a phrase for him, who lastly turns into part of the tola and in addition helps the village in being lit up, turning into the hero in everybody's eyes.
