Née le dans le Madhya Pradesh, fille d'un général, elle est diplômée du Lady Shri Ram College for Women(en) de Delhi. Elle est formée à la communication-presse au Sophia College(en) à Mumbai[2],[3],[4].
Elle est mariée à Aseem Bajaj, cinéaste indien connu pour la poésie de ses images dans des films tels que Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi, Shabd, Teen Patti, U, Me Aur Hum et Chameli.
Leena Yadav aborde le cinéma par le montage lors de ses études en communication presse, puis sur des films publicitaires et des émissions telles que This Week That Year. Elle monte ensuite sa maison de production avec Nikhil Kapoor pour produire et diriger des émissions pour Star Bestsellers[1],[2],[3],[5]. Pour la télévision elle réalise des émissions et des fictions pendant près de 12 ans pour Star Bestsellers(en), notamment Say Na Something to Anupam Uncle et Sanjeevani[1].
(en) «Playing Teen Patti with Leena Yadav» [archive du ], starboxoffice.com (consulté le ) : «Editing intrigued, so I learnt it. I have never assisted anybody, so I have learnt everything about direction and writing from editing. While I was editing, I got the offer to direct something for television, post which I directed fiction and non-fiction shows on TV for 12 years»
(en) «Indiantelevision.com's Interview with TV director Leena Yadav», indiantelevision.com, (consulté le ) : «The lady who started her career in television as an editor and graduated to direction with the Star Movies' show This Week That Year has come a long way. After the Nikhil Kapoor anchored show, Yadav floated her own production house with Kapoor and produced one-off stories for Star Bestellers, which she also directed.»
(en) «Meet the woman behind Shabd», rediff.com, (consulté le ) : «Born in Madhya Pradesh, Leena was brought up 'all over India,' thanks to her armyman father – I met my husband through work. My first directorial venture was This Week That Year, which was also Aseem's first show. After that, we got married.»
(en) «Leena Yadav – Film director», scmsophia.com, (consulté le ) : «Leena Yadav conducts workshops on cinema. She is an experienced television and film professional, and has worked on ad films, corporate videos and television shows. She has directed television shows such as This Week That Year, Sanjeevani, Kahi na Kahi Koi Hai, Goonj and Khauf.»
(en) «No film without Big B says Leena Yadav», articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com, (consulté le ) : «Leena Yadav's directorial debut Shabd had an unconventional storyline and an even more unexpected cast – Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Zayed Khan. With her second directorial venture, she's made even more interesting permutations and combinations in her casting.»