Originally from Gauripur of Assam's Goalpara district (undivided), Jamuna was married to the legendary actor director Pramathesh Barua, or P.C.

She began her acting career in her husband's famous production[1] Devdas [2] in 1936 and was the film's lead character Parvati or Paro.

She went on to make a number of memorable movies in [ Bengali and Hindi, notably Amiri, Mukti, Adhikar and Sesh Uttar.

[citation needed] Jamuna made her film debut in the 1930s and played a small role in Mohabbat Ki Kasauti (1934), Hindi version of Rooplekha (Bengali) directed by P.C.

[citation needed] A romance started although Barua, hailing from the native Indian state of Gauripur, Assam, was already twice married.

[3] Thus she came to be the first Parbati of Indian talkies- Miss Light had played the role in the silent version of the enormously popular Sarat Chandra novel.

Thereafter she acted in a number of Barua directed Hindi movies like Amiree, Pehchan and Iran Ki Ek Raat.