Ssumeir Pasricha to play Shaikh Chilli in TV show Tenali Rama

Tenali Rama

has gained immense popularity showcasing Tenali's wit and intelligence. With Krishna Bharadwaj, playing Rama, the makers have announced new entries in the show. The show promises to add some more fun while Rama solves cases.

Bringing in a lot of excitement amongst the viewers,

Naeem Sayyed

, also known as Junior Mehmood will enter Vijayanagar as Mulla Nasiruddin. As Rama is supposed to complete 2 ‘granthas’, Mulla Nasiruddin challenges him with 7 interesting questions, which he has to solve in order to prove himself.

Adding some more fun and vigour to the daily routine of Vijayanagar,

Ssumeir Pasricha

, popularly known as ‘Pammi Aunty’ will be seen in the show as

Shaikh Chilli

. Donning an interesting avatar, Ssumeir will be seen influencing everyone around with a weird philosophy of his and makes them believe in being lazy. Talking about his role, Junior Mehmood said, “Being a part of Tenali Rama is really exciting for me and the role of Mulla Nasiruddin impresses me a lot. Challenging Rama with some really tricky questions, he attempts to test his intelligence.”

Ssumeir Pasricha, essaying the role of Shaikh Chilli said, “I am extremely thrilled to be a part of Tenali Rama as the show has got a very interesting storyline. It is going to be hilarious for them to see how Shaikh Chilli attempts to influence everyone into not working at all.”