Shabana got huge popularity from Dhaka based Bengali/Urdu film Chakori in 1967. She was paired with Nadeem, who debuted from this film. They were together in nine films.
Shabana was introduced in a Bengali films Notun Sur in 1962. Her first Urdu film was Tanha in 1964. She appeared in almost 300 films in her native country Bangladesh, which was East Pakistan before 1971. She was born in Dhaka in 1952.