Saba Azad is an actress who plays a variety of characters in real life as well. Apart from being a Bollywood actress, she is also a theater director and musician. Starting her career at the age of 18 with her debut film “Dil Kabaddi” (2008), she has come a long way in the industry from playing various roles to singing for several Bollywood films.
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Saba Azad was born as Saba Singh Grewal on 1 November 1990 (age 31 years; as in 2021) in Delhi, India. She was interested in dance and acting since her childhood and after her schooling, she started her journey as a theater artist to pursue a career in acting. She is the niece of legendary street theater artist and director Safdar Hashmi. Influenced by theater since childhood, she grew up learning theater and even performed with Safdar Hashmi’s theater group, Jana Natya Manch. She is professionally trained in many dance forms like Odissi, Classical Ballet, Jazz, Latin and others. He traveled with his Odissi guru Kiran Sehgal to perform not only in India, but also in Canada, Nepal and England. Over the years, Sabah has done several TV commercials for Cadbury, Maggi, Tata Sky, Google, Vodafone, Nescafe and other brands. His journey towards cinema began when he got the lead role in the short film “Gurur” directed by Ishaan Nair.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 5’3″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
family and caste
He belongs to a middle class Punjabi family from Delhi.
parents and siblings
His father PM Singh Grewal was a professor and his mother is a homemaker. He has an elder brother who lives in Europe.
Saba Azad’s mother and father with their new born baby (Saba’s elder brother)
Friend
After entering the Indian film industry, Saba Azad met Imad Shah, the son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah. They both had similar passions and this common ground helped them to come together and in 2013, Imad Shah confirmed that they were living together for the past one year.
Saba Azad with her boyfriend Imad Shah
In January 2022, she was seen with Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, leading to speculations about her being the Bollywood star’s secret girlfriend.
Saba Azad with Hrithik Roshan
livelihood
as an actress
After completing her schooling, Saba started her acting career as a theater artist from where she got a lead role in a short film “Gurroor” which was directed by Ishaan Nair. Her Bollywood debut came when she got the role of Raaga in the film “Dil Kabadi” (2008). Thereafter, she got a lead role as Preeti Sen in the film “Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge” (2011). In 2010, he started his own theater company, “The Skins”, and directed his first play, “Lovepook” (2010). 
as a musician
In the year 2012, working with Imad Shah, he started his indie electronic band “Madboy/Mink”. With her band gaining popularity among the youth, Saba also recorded some songs for some Bollywood films, such as “Nautanki Saala” (2013) in which she recorded the songs “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga” and “Dil Ki Toh Lag Gayi”. He lent his voice in “Dhoom Anthem” (2013). He is also known for the song “Calcutta Kiss” from the film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), “Neend Na Mujhko Aaye” from the film Shaandaar (2015), “Dekhe Meri Aankhon Mein Jo” from the film Main Aur Charles (2015), “Bhar De Hamare Glass” from the film Caravan (2018) and “Nakhrewali” from the film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2019).
controversies
- On 26 March 2017, Saba uploaded a picture on his Instagram in which he revealed that his original name was Saba Singh Grewal, but he changed his name to Saba Azad. She did this to feel free from all the tags that are given to people by people. People trolled him a lot on social media for changing his name.
- Saba Azad performs during an anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi in January 2020. He sang the song “Tu Zinda Hai” by the India People’s Theater Association. He also read a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, “Bol Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere”. Later, a social media post went viral claiming that the protest was organized to celebrate the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir and criticized Saba Azad for participating in the protest.
facts/common sense
- When Saba was shooting for “Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge” she almost cried because she was asked to cut her hair short for the role of Preeti Sen.
- Sabah is very fond of food and she often posts pictures of her food items on her Instagram. Some of his favorite foods are eggs, salmon and Khasi thali (Meghalayan cuisine). He is fond of dancing and traveling.
- He is also fond of traveling and loves attending music festivals around the world.
- The story behind their band name “Madboy/Mink” is that Imad was nicknamed Madboy by his friends and Saba got this nickname from her favorite music producer Samrat B.
- Her influences on the kind of music she makes vary from different genres such as blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll to different decades and centuries. Different generations and types of music keep motivating him to work harder.
- In June 2020, he was cast in the Netflix mini-film, “Will You Be My Quarantine?” I was seen with Imad Shah.
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