She trained as a singer in Calcutta with several teachers, including Gauhar Jaan,[2] Kamal Dasgupta, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

She sang on All India Radio beginning in 1927, on the broadcaster's second day on the air, and regularly through the 1930s.

[1] Indubala lived most of her life in the Rambagan neighborhood of Calcutta,[12] and was concerned for the welfare of the actresses and sex workers concentrated in that district.

[3] She is one of the title characters of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's short story "Einstein and Indubala" (2016).

[13] In 2020 a compilation album of Indubala's recordings was released on vinyl, by Tara Disc.