He was cast in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Stephen Beresford, and performed for 10 weeks in London's West End.

[1] He also played the lead role of Rahim, a singing-dancing hero in a Bollywood style musical, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (This Is Mumbai, My Dear), directed by Sanjoy Roy, and which toured across the UK, performed at the Belfast Festival at Queen's, Ireland, and at the Esplanade Festival in Singapore.

[5] He has continued working as an actor including with theatre directors Roysten Abel, Sunil Shanbag, Atul Kumar and Rehaan Engineer.

He is performing as the NRI American groom in Girish Karnad's Wedding Album, directed by Lilette Dubey.

[6] Chanana played the romantic lead in a telefilm produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, when he won a nationwide acting contest held by MTV.