Parul Ghosh born Parul Biswas, was one of the pioneers of playback singing, singing in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 and Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 movies from 1935 to 1951. Originally hailing from Barisal, now in Bangladesh, she was introduced to playback singing by her brother Anil Biswas

Anil Biswas (composer)

Anil Biswas was a famous Indian film music composer from 1935 to 1965, who apart from being one of pioneers of playback singing, is also credited for the first Indian orchestra of twelve pieces and introducing orchestral music and full-blooded choral effects, into Indian cinema...

. Films in which she featured include Jwar Bhata

Jwar Bhata (1944 film)

Jwar Bhata is a 1944 black and white Indian drama film directed by Amiya Chakraborty. It marked the debut of Dilip Kumar who went onto become one of the most famous actors in Hindi Cinema. The film also featured, Mridula, Shamim, Agha, Bikram Kapoor, K. N. Singh, Khalil, and Mumtaz Ali. It was...

, Milan, Hamhaari Baat and Namaste. In her early career she was associated with New Theatres, Kolkata. She was married to the eminent flautist Pannalal Ghosh

Pannalal Ghosh

Pannalal Ghosh , also known as Amulya Jyoti Ghosh, was a Bengali Indian flute player and composer. He was a disciple of Allauddin Khan, and is credited with giving the flute its status in Hindustani classical music....

 in 1924.

Parul Ghosh died on August 13, 1977 in Malad, Mumbai.