[3][4] In 2012, Chadha-Patel formed an indie electro music band called Strong Asian Mothers with his friends Kalim "Khushi" Patel and Josh "Rogan-Josh" Stadlen.

[8] Chadha-Patel made his television debut in 2019 when he played the main role of Ram Lal in the ITV historical drama Beecham House and the recurring role of Detective Sergeant Keith in the 2019 Channel 4 sitcom Year of the Rabbit.

He also appeared in the film Doom: Annihilation and had soundtrack credits as a DJ on Gurinder Chadha's Blinded by the Light.

[12] In 2023, he played Eric in the Roku comedy series Slip[13] and Rusty Raj in the Amazon Prime tennis series Fifteen-Love,[14] and appeared in the Gareth Edwards' science fiction film The Creator (originally titled True Love).

[15] For the former, he received a joint Canadian Screen Award nomination with Zoe Lister-Jones and Tymika Tafari in the Comedy Ensemble category.