She was admitted to a high school in Mumbai (then Bombay) and being from a filmy background, she was soon cast as a child artist by the name Baby Chand in her early films.
She then acted in J. Om Prakash's Aye Din Bahar Ke (1968), which celebrated silver jubilee at many places.
In a 1968 interview, Nazima said that to her it was the best role of her film career containing all facets — humor, romance and emotion.
She also acted in another Hindi film, Wohi Ladki (1967), produced in Calcutta opposite a newcomer Sharvendra as hero.
[3] She was nominated in the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Category for playing Manoj Kumar's sister in the 1972 film Beimaan.