Soon after the 1983 Cricket World Cup victory, Patil was offered by Vijay Singh to play the male lead opposite two Bollywood actresses Poonam Dhillon and Debashree Roy in "Kabhie Ajnabi The" while Syed Kirmani was offered to essay the role of a strong antagonist. Reportedly Patil got so occupied with his Bollywood debut that he refused to participate in the West Indies tour in 1983. Though the cricketer later reasoned that he had opted out of that tour because he was nursing an injury at that time. The filming began in 1983 and the film was released in 1985. The film was highly publicised on the fighting sequence between Patil and Kirmani as well as his chemistry with Debashree Roy especially in the song sequence "Geet Mere Hothon Ko Dey Gaya Koi". It opened with 80% seat occupancy but ultimately became a major debacle at box office.