[12] He has also played roles in films like PK, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sanam Teri Kasam, Special Ops, One Day: Justice Delivered, etc.

Later, he joined the "Bhartendu Natya Akademi" (BNA) (new name is "Bharatendu Academy of Dramatic Arts") in Gomti Nagar.

He is a 2011 batch pass-out, got opened the BM Shah auditorium where he staged his first professional theater play.

Meanwhile, Pandey get a chance to do work with Anurag Kashyap's short film That Day After Everyday, opposite Radhika Apte.

Then he got to work in Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo that assigned with Rajshri Productions directed by Sooraj Barjatya.