[citation needed] She was known as Ranu Shome before she married the Bengali writer, Buddhadev Bose in 1934.

[1][2][4][5] She had two daughters, Meenakshi Dutta and Damayanti Basu Singh, and a son, Suddhasil Bose, who died at the age of 42.

[5] The poet Nazrul Islam, singer Dilip Kumar Roy, and Rabindranath Tagore admired her voice and taught her their own songs.

She was paralyzed from head to toe in 1972 because of an adverse reaction to an anti-rabies shot, which had become necessary as she was rescuing stray dogs who had rabies.

[1] She was awarded 'Bhubonmohini' gold medal from the University of Calcutta for her contribution in Bengali language and literature.