Sada was born to a Marathi Muslim family in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. She attended school at Ratnagiri Sacred Hearts Convent and then went to Mumbai to continue her studies until she became an established actress.Sada appeared in the Tamil movie Anniyan, which is her most successful movie to date. Since then, she has appeared in a number of films across different movie industries in India, in different languages including . Monalisa in Kannada and Click in Hindi. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.