 He also appeared in a recurring albeit a short role of an aamir's jasoos (chieftain's spy) in the 1990s Doordarshan TV serial Mulla Nasiruddin, which had Raghubir Yadav in the lead role.The series was based on the folklore of Mulla Nasiruddin.Shukla is also a part of a comic theater play "2 to Tango, 3 to Jive."