patani debuted with a telugu film, "loafer" alongside varun tej in 2015. she played the role of mouni, a girl who runs from home to escape a forced marriage. directed by puri jagannadh and produced by c. kalyan under "c.k. entertainment", the film was made on a budget of 200 million and performed poorly at the box office with a lifetime collection of 106 million. in the following year, disha appeared in a music video, befikra along with tiger shroff which was produced by bhushan kumar and krishan kumar under t-series and composed by meet bros. written and directed by meet bros, the singer, aditi singh sharma lent her voice.