- Suman never won the National or Filmfare Award for singing but is still considered among the popular singers of her prime time.
- In a career spanning 35 years she sang for most of the top music directors of the '50s, '60s and '70s.
- Her voice was considered to be very similar to Lata Mangeshkar which is why she was called in as a replacement for Lata in the mid '60s during the Rafi-Lata feud. She sang over 140 duets with Rafi in this period.
- She was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India on 26 January 2023.
- Lata had refused to sing with Rafi over royalty issues and those songs were recorded by Kalyanpur with Rafi. She sang over 140 duets with Rafi.
- Suman Kalyanpur's career started in 1954 and was very popular singer in the 1960s and 1970s.
- She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.
- Suman's younger sister Shyama Hemmady was also a singer.
- Kalyanpur also recorded some memorable songs with a classical base, including "Manamohan Man Mein Ho Tumhi", "Mere Sang Ga Gunguna" and "Gir Gayi Re More Mathe Ki Bindiya".
- She started learning classical vocal from Pune's Prabhat Films' music director and a close family friend, Pandit Keshav Rao Bhole.
- Suman had always been interested in painting and music. After completing schooling from Mumbai's famed St. Columba High School, she got admission in the prestigious Sir J. J. School of Arts for further studies in painting.
- She recorded songs for movies in several languages besides Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia and Punjabi.
- According to Suman, initially singing was just hobby to her but gradually her interest in music increased and she started learning it professionally from Ustad Khan, Abdul Rehman Khan and Guruji Master Navrang.
- When Lata was not available for recording, or if the producers could not afford her rate of Rs 100 per song, the song used to be sung by Kalyanpur.
- Her voice was often mistaken to be that of Lata Mangeshkar.
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