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Saba Azad (born as Saba Singh Grewal, 1 November 1985) is an Indian actress, theatre director and musician. She is one half of Mumbai-based electro funk duo Madboy/Mink. She made her Bollywood debut as one of the leads Raaga in the indie film Dil Kabaddi (2008).[3] She is known for her leading role in the romantic comedy film Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (2011).[4] She also played the role of Dingo in the 2016 Y-Films web series, Ladies Room.

Saba Azad
Saba in 2012
Born	Saba Singh Grewal[1] (1985-11-01) 1 November 1985 (age 37)[2] Delhi, India
Occupation	Actress musician voice artist theatre director
Years active	2008–present
Relatives	Safdar Hashmi (uncle)

Early life

Azad was born in Delhi to a Punjabi father and a Kashmiri mother.[5] She is the niece of theatre great Safdar Hashmi.[6] Born into a theatre family, Azad performed with Safdar Hashmi's theatre group Jana Natya Manch in their stage productions since a very young age, where she worked with Habib Tanvir, MK Raina, GP Deshpande and NK Sharma.[7] She also trained in dance forms like Odissi, classical ballet, jazz, Latin as well as contemporary dance forms.[8] Traveling with her Odissi guru, Kiran Segal, she performed in and outside the country including England, Canada and Nepal.[6]

Her stint with cinema started after schooling when she landed a lead role in a short film Guroor for director Ishaan Nair which travelled to festivals in New York and Florence.[3] She has since gone on to work in many short films.

Career

She made her Bollywood debut in 2008 with Anil Senior's Dil Kabaddi opposite Rahul Bose. She appeared in a leading role as Preity Sen in Y-Films Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge opposite newcomers Nishant Dahiya and Saqib Saleem.[9]

Azad is a popular musician and singer in the Indian indie music scene and one half of widely popular electronic band Madboy/Mink which she started with actor and musician Imaad Shah in 2012.[10][11]

Azad started her own theatre company The Skins in 2010 and directed her first play Lovepuke which opened at NCPA's experimental theatre in September 2010.[12]

Azad moved to Mumbai from Delhi and acted in a two-man play directed by Makarand Deshpande staged at Prithvi Theatre.[13]

She has featured in commercials for Cadbury, Pond's, Maggi, Tata Sky, Google, Kit Kat, Vodafone, Sunsilk, Nescafe, Airtel as well as print campaigns for Clean & Clear, Westside and Amway and many more.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Dil Kabaddi	Raga Malik
2011	Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge	Lola Sen
2012	Strangers in the night	Rhea	Short film
2016	Pure-Veg	Anjali	Short film
2019	Connected	Saba	Short film
2020	Home stories	Vaishnavi	Netflix

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Ladies room	Dingo	Web series by YRF
	Love shots	Preeti	Limited Series by YRF
2021	Feels Like Ishq	Tarasha Ahmed	Anthology web series
2022	Rocket Boys	Parvana Irani	Sony LIV series

Discography

Year	Album	Title	Co-singers
2013	Nautanki Saala	"Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" "Dil Ki Toh Lag Gayi"	Geet Sagar, Bruno Carvalo, Santosh Sawant
	Dhoom Series	"Dhoom Anthem"	Raghav Sachar[14]
2014	Madboy/Mink	"All Ball"
2015	Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!	"Calcutta Kiss"	Imaad Shah
	Shaandaar	"Neend Na Mujhko Aaye"	Siddharth Basrur
	Main Aur Charles	"Dekhe Meri Aankhon Mein Jo"
	Madboy/Mink	"Union Farm"
2018	Karwaan	"Bhar De Hamaare Glass"
	Madboy/Mink	"Persons.Elastic.Superior.Fantastic (P.E.S.F)"
2019	Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota	"Nakhrewaali"	Karan Kulkarni

References

External links

• Saba Azad at IMDb

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