Saba Azad faces voice-over job hurdles despite her relationship with Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad have been in a relationship, publicly displaying their affection and supporting each other while maintaining successful careers independently. Recently, Saba Azad took to Instagram to express frustration over not receiving any voice-over work in the past two years. She shared her disappointment about a director assuming that her relationship with a successful actor meant she no longer needed work. Despite this, Saba reaffirmed her dedication to her career, emphasizing her fifteen-year journey as a voice-over artist, finding it both creatively fulfilling and financially rewarding. She questioned the sudden decline in opportunities and shared clips of her past voice-over projects. Saba also revealed confronting the director directly about the issue, who suggested her diminished interest in voice-over work due to her relationship with Hrithik Roshan. She concluded by critiquing such patriarchal assumptions, asserting that in a strong relationship, individuals should maintain their professional identities and financial independence.
Saba Azad faces voice-over job hurdles despite her relationship with Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad have been dating for a while now, maintaining a strong bond and openly showing their affection for each other. Crucially, their careers have continued to grow independently of their relationship, allowing both to succeed in their respective fields.
However, the actress recently shared on her Instagram stories that she hasn't received any voice-over work in the past 2 years.
She expressed frustration about a director assuming that because she is dating a successful actor, she may not need work. The actress made it clear that she remains committed to pursuing her passion regardless of her relationship status.
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Saba Azad shared a picture of herself in a recording studio. She captioned it, “Back in my natural habitat, recording a voice after more than 2 years!" Later, she elaborated in lengthy texts on her stories about the reasons she had not received work over the past two years.
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Saba Azad emphasized that she has been a voice-over artist for over fifteen years and considers it one of her three chosen careers. She described voice-over work as creatively and financially rewarding. Later, she shared glimpses of the advertisements she has voiced and expressed confusion over why she had stopped receiving work recently.

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Without naming the director she used to regularly work with, Saba Azad revealed that she directly confronted him about the matter. In his reply, Saba mentioned that the director believed she might no longer be interested in doing voice-overs due to her relationship with a successful actor.
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Saba further penned, “Are we really still living in the dark ages where we assume a woman in a relationship with a successful partner no longer has to put food on her own table?? Or pay her rent and bills? Or take pride in her work and take care of herself and her family??? This is sadly a one-dimensional patriarchal and regressive mindset.”
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Saba concluded with the message that when two strong individuals unite, they do not forsake their individuality.
Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad made it public when they were seen holding hands at the airport and at Karan Johar’s 50th birthday party. Since then, whether on social media or at events, they have openly shown their affection.

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