She was married to co-actor singer Jayaram Shiledar along with whom she established a production banner of "Marathi Rangabhoomi".
[3] Jayamala Shiledar started her acting and musical career with her first stage performance in 1942 in the Marathi play Veshantar.
It is the acknowledgment of my contribution to theatre and I feel happy because the recognition has come from the Union Government.
She married her co-actor and singer Jayram Shiledar, who was a widower with three daughters when they first met.
They married in Shriram Temple at Soyagaon Village, Aurangabad District, in Maharastra state, on 23 January 1950.
Nirmala Deshmukh also used to accompany Bhimsen Joshi's Sant-wani programs as an organ player.
[10] Kamalakar Jadhav, their younger brother, was a music teacher at Hadas High School in Nagpur.