Karan Patel has started his career with a daily soap Kasturi in which he was one of the protogonist. He was one of the contestant of Nach Baliye 3 alongwith Amita Chnadekar. He made his debut in Bollywood with Mahesh Manjrekar directed film City of Gold in 2010. His second film was Sanjay Gupta's Shootout at Wadala. The actor, who has no regrets with his career profile, feels everything happens at the right time for him.