[10] Udai started his professional career at Microsoft Research in Bangalore, where he worked on Technologies for Emerging Markets,[11] focusing on education in village schools.
On his return, he worked in the General Elections 2009 as a campaign aide to then-Member of Parliament Jyotiraditya Scindia, before deciding to take the leap full-time to his childhood passion for film-making, in 2009.
[5] Udai then assisted Mishra for five years on multiple films such as the Irrfan Khan-starrer Yeh Saali Zindagi and the Arjun Rampal-starrer Inkaar.
[35] The film was also hailed by the Indian startup and business community, with the business media,[36] National TV[21] and social media speaking covering it, including some of India's most successful entrepreneurs tweeting about it, including Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani[37] and Biotech industry leader Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
[38] Most recently, he wrote the Story and Screenplay[39] of the Jio Cinema Streaming show Murder In Mahim, which was based on the Jerry Pinto novel.