Baba Azmi is a cinematographer, producer and director who started his career in Bollywood as a cinematographer with the movie Bezubaan (1982) and later went on to work in popular films such as Woh 7 Din (1983), Arjun (1985), Samundar (1986), Mr. India (1987), Tezaab (1988), Dil (1990), Beta (1992), Prem (1995), Pukar (2000), etc. He turned to direction with Mee Raqsam (2020) and Safia/Safdar (2026) and also produced them under the banner of Azmi Pictures LLP. He is the son of popular Bollywood lyricist Kaifi Azmi and actress Shaukat Azmi. His sister is actress Shabana Azmi and wife is actress Tanvi Azmi.