He began his career as a playwright and director in 1993 with the Hollywood satire Pay or Play, which garnered him the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Comic Writing.
[4] In 2003, Kumble completed his Hollywood trilogy with the critically acclaimed Turnaround, also starring Schwimmer, which sold out its entire run in Los Angeles.
[5] Kumble made his feature-film-directorial debut in 1999 with Sony Pictures' Cruel Intentions, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair.
[9] Kumble also directed Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symoné and Donny Osmond in Disney's 2008 family comedy College Road Trip, followed by 2010's Furry Vengeance, starring Shields and Brendan Fraser.
In 2019, Kumble directed two films: Netflix's Falling Inn Love, starring Christina Milian and Adam Demos, followed by Voltage Pictures' After We Collided.