[citation needed] Shazahn's character of Rooba, originally named after a song in the film, appeared in a flashback sequence as the girlfriend of the protagonist played by Ram Charan Teja.

[8][9] Shazahn's first release of 2011 was the romantic comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

The film portrayed her as June Pinto, an intern in an office whom an older divorced man, played by Ajay Devgn falls for.

[10] The film, which also featured Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shruti Haasan and Shraddha Das in other parallel roles, saw Shazahn indulge in heavy promotional work along with her co-stars.

[16] Her other project "Disco Valley" directed by Sajit Warrier in which she was appearing opposite Rajat Barmecha was a commercial failure.

In October 2023, Padamsee starred in Aryan Ramasay's directorial film, “Pagalpan: Next Level” (previously titled Dream Big) which she shot in California , USA in december of 2022.

Her father Alyque Padamsee was a veteran theater actor who was born into a traditional Khoja Ismaili Muslim family from the Kutch region of Gujarat.

[24][25] The following year, her frequent public appearances alongside actor Akhil Kapur gave rise to media speculation of an impending marriage,[26] but she dismissed these as rumors.