She is also a trained classical dancer and singer. She started her acting career when she was just 15 years old. She acted as Dileep's sister in the Malayalam movie 'Kaaryasthan'. Now she is back to her mother language industry where she does one of the female lead roles among the three.
The movie is titled as 'Masterpiece' and she has acted along with Mammootty. Varalakshmi Sarathkumar and Poonam Bajwa are the other two female leads. The movie is now gearing up for a Christmas release. Mahima has dubbed in her own voice for this project and she is on cloud nine as so far she has never done it.