Saba Azad
Saba Azad is an Indian actress, singer and musician . She is one of the two members of the Mumbai-based electronic fan group Madboy / Mink. Saba is best known for playing the lead role in the 2011 romantic comedy Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge . The movie was very well liked by college students across the country. She played the role of Dingo in Y-Films' web series, Ladies Room, in 2016. She made her Bollywood debut in 2006 with the lead role of Raga in the movie Dil Kabaddi .[1] She has acted as a model in advertisements for companies such as Cadbury, Ponds,Tata Sky, Google, KitKat, Vodafone and Nescafe.
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 Saba in 2012 | |
| Born | Saba Singh Grewal 1 November 1990 Delhi, India |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Relatives | Safdar Hashmi (uncle) |
Early life
changeAzad is the niece of Safdar Hashmi, a great actor of stage drama. She has performed with Hashmi's Natyadal Jan Natya Mancha from a very young age. She has worked with actors like Habib Tanvir, MK Raina, GP Deshpande and NK Sharma. She has trained in Orissa, ballet, jazz, Latin as well as contemporary dance. Along with her Orissa dance teacher Kiran Segal, she has danced in India and abroad in England.[2]
Afternoon finishing school, she entered the movie world starring in a short movie, Guroor. It was directed by Ishan Nair. The movie was screened at festivals in New York and Florence .[1] Since then she has acted in several short movies.
Career
changeAzad made her Bollywood debut in 2006 starring Anil Sr. in the independent Hindi movie Dil Kabaddi. In that movie, she acted opposite Rahul Basu . She then played the lead role in Y-Films Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge, where she played the role of Preeti Sen opposite newcomers Nishant Dahiya and Shakib Selim .[3]
Personal life
changeOn March 1, 2013, Imam Shah announced that he and Azad had entered into a "live-in" relationship.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chakrabarti, Paromita (10 December 2008). "Change of Scene". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ Doshi, Riddhi (1 January 2009). "'My uncle was my mentor'". DNA. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ↑ "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge". India Today. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ Akshata Shetty (17 March 2013). "Saba and I are living together: Imaad Shah". The Times of India. India. Retrieved 6 March 2014.