Anecdotes

At the hight of her career, Sulochana made more money than any other film actor in India, and also earned more than the Govorner of Bombay.

Was half white and half Indian.

She was working as a telephone operator when she was approached by Mohan Bhavnani of Kohinoor Film Company to work in films. She initially turned him down as acting was regarded as quite a dubious profession for women those days. However Bhavnani persisted and she finally agreed, despite having no knowledge of acting. She became a star under Bhavnani's direction at Kohinoor before moving on to the Imperial Film Company.

In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of her time, when she was paired with Dinshaw Bilimoria in Imperial Studios films.

In the mid-1930 she opened Rubi Pics, a film production house.

The actress was awarded the 1973 Dada Saheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema for lifetime achievement.

She adopted a girl and named her Sarah Myers who after marriage was called Vijaylaxmi Shreshtha.

The self-named Sulochana was among the early Eurasian female stars of Indian Cinema.

Ruby, better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India.