He predominantly works in Indian TV shows, theatre plays and feature films.

[1] Aslam moved to Mumbai to pursue his ambition of becoming a director, after a decade in theatre.

[3] Afterwards, Aslam turned actor and made his first acting television debut in DD National's Byomkesh Bakshi in the year 1993.

He had another breakthrough in 1996 with Sony TV's medical drama Cover Story Hospital, a 26–part thriller series about a journalist duo discovering the kidney transplant racket rampant in big hospitals and how they unravel the story at a great risk to their lives.

[5] Directed by Maya Rao, it featured Naved Aslam, Natasha Rana, and Milind Wagh among others.