Saba Azad

Saba Azad is an Indian actress, singer and musician working in the Hindi film industry, known for her leading role in the Bollywood production house Y-Films romantic comedy film Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge, set against the background of social networking site Facebook. The film was released on October 24, 2011, in India and was a critical success. She has featured in commercials for Kit Kat, Vodafone, Sunsilk, Nescafe, as well as print campaigns for Johnson & Johnson, Westside and Amway. She made her Bollywood debut as Raaga in Dil Kabaddi (2008). As a child, Azad performed with the theatre group Jana Natya Manch in their stage productions where she worked with Hashmi, Habib Tanvir, MK Raina, GP Deshpande and NK Sharma.[citation needed] She also trained in dance forms like odissi, ballet, jazz, Latin as well as contemporary dance forms. Traveling with her Odissi guru, Smt. Kiran Segal, she performed in and outside the country including England, Canada and Nepal. After schooling she landed a lead role in a short film Guroor for director Ishaan Nair which travelled to festivals in New York and Florence.