[4] In November 2016, Lakshya joined Ekta Kapoor's StarPlus romantic drama series Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2016–2017) in the supporting role of Veer Mehra, which proved to be his first big break.

[7][better source needed] In 2019, Lakshya signed a three-film deal with Karan Johar of Dharma Productions, giving a greenlight to his expansion in Hindi cinema.

[8] He officially announced his film debut with Johar's production Dostana 2 alongside Kartik Aaryan and Janhvi Kapoor, which went on floors in late-2019, but hit a production hell due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and was finally shelved in April 2021 out of creative differences between Johar and Aaryan.

It premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released the following year to largely positive reviews, emerging as his breakthrough role.

[14] Lakshya will next star in Aryan Khan's streaming series The Ba***ds of Bollywood,[15] and the romance Chand Mera Dil alongside Ananya Panday.