[3] In 1984 he teamed up with his father and at the age 23 he produced the Tom Hanks starter Bachelor Party.
In 1994 he teamed up with Walt Disney Studios to produce Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
[3] In 1997 he teamed up with Mark Damon to produce The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo.
[1] Patel also worked with pop singer Michael Jackson and Mark Damon to set up the film company called Neverland Pictures.
[4] In 1996 Patel was honoured with membership to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.