Saba Azad (born Saba Singh Grewal) is an Indian actress, theatre director and musician. She made her Bollywood debut as one of the leads Raaga in the indie film Dil Kabaddi (2008).[2] She is known for her leading role in the romantic comedy film Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (2011).[3] She also played the role of Dingo in the 2016 Y-Films web series, Ladies Room. She is one half of the Mumbai-based electronic band duo Madboy/Mink.
Azad was born in Delhi to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Muslim mother with ancestries from Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.[4] In an interview, she said that she had a multicultural upbringing.[4] She is the niece of theatre great Safdar Hashmi.[5] Azad performed with Safdar Hashmi's theatre group Jana Natya Manch in their stage productions from a very young age, where she worked with Habib Tanvir, MK Raina, GP Deshpande and NK Sharma.[6] She is trained in Odissi and other dance forms.[7] Travelling with her Odissi guru, Kiran Segal, she performed in and outside the country.[5] 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.[2]
Career
Saba Azad with Saqib Saleem at the premier of Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge, 2011.
Azad is a musician and singer in the Indian indie electronic band Madboy/Mink which she started with actor and musician Imaad Shah in 2012.[9][10]
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.[11]
Azad moved to Mumbai from Delhi and acted in a two-man play directed by Makarand Deshpande staged at Prithvi Theatre.[12]
Azad with Hrithik Roshan (left) and Ramesh Taurani (right) at Taurani's Diwali bash 2025
Azad was in a live-in relationship with Imaad Shah from 2013 to 2020. However they remain friends after their break-up and make music together for their band Mad Boy Mink.[13][14]
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