Shabana Raza made her debut in 1998 with Bobby Deol in 'Kareeb'. The film was a flop at the box office. For this film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Shabana had to change her name to Neha.
Prior to leaving the film industry, the actor's life saw two major events: she married her Fiza co-star Manoj Bajpayee in 2006 and she reverted her name from Neha back to Shabana Raza.