Takia started her vocation as a model when she was 15, showing up in the "I am a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl!" campaign[3] furthermore in Falguni Pathak's "Meri Chunar Udd Jaye" music video.[4] Later she showed up in the music video Shake It Daddy" Remix of tune Nahin Abhi Nahin alongside on-screen character Keith Sequeira, which conveyed her to the consideration of Bollywood, and a couple film offers took after. She marked an agreement to show up in Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. On the other hand, delays making Socha Na Tha implied that Taarzan was discharged first and was along these lines her "introduction" film.[5] She won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her execution in the film.

Takia has showed up in various movies that did ineffectively in the cinema world. Be that as it may, she has been profoundly applauded for her work in the 2006 Dor, a littler spending plan film in which she assumes the part of a youthful widowed Rajasthani lady living in a customary joint gang. She went ahead to win a few honors for her execution in the film, including the Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress.

Aside from Bollywood, Takia has likewise showed up in the 2005 Telugu film Super, with Tollywood star Akkineni Nagarjuna, for which she was named for the Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu). Her latest hit was Prabhu Deva's Wanted, co-featuring Salman Khan, which developed as one of the greatest blockbusters of 2009. The film was the third-most astounding earning motion picture of the year and her part met with positive audits.

In 2011, she featured in Mod, which met with a decent response.[6] As of 2012, she was facilitating the musical-reality show Sur Kshetra.