Kumkum est née le 22 avril 1934 en Inde. Elle était actrice. Elle est connue pour Mem Sahib (1956), Son of India (1962) et Naya Daur (1957). Elle était mariée à Sajjad Akbar Khan. Elle est morte le 28 juillet 2020 en Inde.
Nephew is actor Govinda. Govinda's mother Nirmala Devi and Kumkum are half sister's. They had the same father, (Vasudev Maharaj aka Vasudev Narayan Singh). Kumkum and her sister Radhika were the daughter's of Vasudev's Muslim mistress named Munnan. Kumkum step father's name was Nawab Manzoor Hassan Khan. He was a landlord of Hussainabad near Patna.