In 1986, Shameel took part in a stage-play titled CDS-6, alongside Kashima Shakir, Mohamed Rasheed and Chilhiya Moosa Manik which was appreciated among the audience and he continues to feature in several other stage dramas.
[7][8] Mariyam Shauqee's widely acclaimed family drama television series Kahthiri was released during the same year, where he played the role of a taxi driver and a father of a Thalassemia patient, living in a congested housing complex while dealing with several social issues.
[12] It was followed by the year's most successful Maldivian film, Ahmed Nimal's horror classic Zalzalaa (2000) where Shameel played the role of Ibrahim, a hardworking father who gets enthralled by a female jinn.
[14] The same year, he starred opposite Mariyam Haleem in the Easa Shareef-directed romantic horror film 2000 Vana Ufan Dhuvas (2000), in which he portrays the role of a cursed father lying on death bed.
[17] It was followed by his drama film Hithi Nimun (2001) featuring opposite Mohamed Shavin and Sheereen Abdul Wahid, which narrates the storyline of a stubborn young man who abandons his girlfriend when he discovers about her pregnancy.
[17] He then stepped into Fathimath Nahula's critically and commercially successful romantic drama television series, Kalaage Haqqugaa (2005) to portray the role of Faiz, a depressive father mourning over his deceased son.
[18] The following year, he again collaborated with the team of Vairoalhi Ahves Sirrun for Arifa Ibrahim's another romantic television drama series, Vaguthu Faaithu Nuvanees (2006) which consists of fifty episodes.
[26] Shameel began 2011 in a brief role as a friend of Faheema who has been arrested for being allegedly involved in counterfeit dollars business, in the Moomin Fuad-directed crime tragedy drama Loodhifa.
[27] It was followed by Amjad Ibrahim's suspense thriller film Hafaraaiy in which hec starred alongside Amira Ismail, Mariyam Shakeela, Yoosuf Shafeeu and Fathimath Fareela, which was a critical and commercial failure.
[29] Based on a real incident, the film narrates a story of a cannibal woman addicted to eating human flesh, how she victimised the inhabitants with her face covered in a veil.