Patel was spotted out in Los Angeles on Monday with Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey, 22, and his mom, Anita Dev Patel looks like he has a new lady in his life — and she’s got his momma ...

Now, the visionary director is tapping Dev Patel for his next project, a crime thriller about a “struggling pro tennis player who is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family ...