After Gram Chikitsalay, Amol Parashar takes on a morally grey role in The Bureaucrat. He plays a UPSC aspirant who impersonates an IAS officer, becomes an unwilling conman and eventually starts beating the system at its own game

Amol Parashar says comparisons between Gram Chikitsalay and Panchayat were expected, but the show has now carved its own identity. He also believes Dr Prabhat has helped audiences see him beyond his popular Tripling character, Chitvan