Saba Azad

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.

• Name — Saba Azad • Birth Name — Saba Singh Grewal • Born — 1 November 1985 • Birthplace — Delhi, India • Years Active — 2008–present • Occupation — * Actress • musician • voice artist • theatre director • Partner — * Imaad Shah (2013–2020) • Hrithik Roshan (2022–present) • Relatives — * Safdar Hashmi (uncle) • Sohail Hashmi (uncle) • Shabnam Hashmi (aunt)

Azad was born on 1 November 1985 in Delhi to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Muslim mother with ancestries from Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. In an interview, she said that she had a multicultural upbringing. She is the niece of theatre great Safdar Hashmi. 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, G.P. Deshpande and NK Sharma. She is trained in Odissi and other dance forms. Travelling with her Odissi guru, Kiran Segal, she performed in and outside the country. 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.

• Illustration — Saba Azad with Saqib Saleem at the premier of Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge, 2011. 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. 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. 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. Azad moved to Mumbai from Delhi and acted in a two-man play directed by Makarand Deshpande staged at Prithvi Theatre. 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.

• Illustration — 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. Since 2022, she has been dating Hrithik Roshan.

• Year — Title — Role — Streaming service — Notes • 2016 — Ladies room — Dingo — YRF — Web series • Love Shots — Preeti — Limited series • 2021 — Feels Like Ishq — Tarasha Ahmed — Netflix — Anthology web series; Episode: "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" • 2022 — Rocket Boys — Parvana Irani "Pipsy" — Sony LIV — Biographical streaming television • 2023 — Who's Your Gynac — Dr. Vidushi — Amazon Prime — Miniseries • 2025 — Crime Beat — Maya Kapoor — ZEE5 — Web series