Her notable works include Dharmayuddha (Holy War, 1989), Nasoor (Festering Wound, 1991), Khel (The Play, 1994), Barf (Snow, 1997) and Sita's Family (2001).
Her film 'Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi' (2006) focused on the lives of bar dancers in Mumbai, 'Naach' (The Dance, 2008) explored the lives of women who dance in rural fairs and the third and final film of the trilogy 'The Other Song' (2009) was about the art and lifestyle of the tawaifs or courtesans of Varanasi.
[6] In 2019, Saba published Tawaifnama, a book about the musical traditions prevalent in the communities of tawaifs in Benaras.
[7] In June 2017, Dewan led a protest against the lynching of a 15-year-old boy that occurred in a Mathura-bound train from Ballabhgarh a few days before, the killers of who allegedly taunted him over his clothes, also making reference to beef eating.
[9] The campaign was received well and protests were subsequently held in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal and Bengaluru.