[5][6] Shamim Nazli started her career as a music director from the film, "Baharein Phir Bhi Ayen Gi" produced by her sister Mala in 1969.

The songs of the movie were very popular; "Sawal Karti Hay Aurat, Jawab Do Mardo, Sada-e-Dard Suno", "Tu Mera Pyar Hay, Tujh Ko Sada Main Chahun Ga", and "Rim Jhim Naina Barsen, Pyasay Hayn Jazbat Tujh Bin, Bin Baadal Barsat".

When the actress/director Shamim Ara started her film, "Mera Piyar Yaad Rakhna", she signed Nazli as a music director but that movie never got released in cinemas.

[10] Shamim's mother named Masu Bai was a well known singer at Amritsar then after Partition she migrated from India to Pakistan and settled in Faisalabad.

[12] Shamim was admitted to a hospital after she suffered a cardiac arrest and angina but Nazli died on November 27, 2010, and was laid to rest next to her sister Mala's grave at Miani Sahib Graveyard, Lahore.