However, during that period, she lost her father and mother. In 1946, she was invited to record playback singing for the film Ashokamala. Apart from Sinhala songs, she was also clever at Hindi and Urdu songs. Some of her most popular hits include Parama Ramani Ape Ale and Sengi Sengi Atha Suraya Dilenna. She continued to sing for almost every Sinhala film in following years and sang duets with Mohideen Baig, Dharmadasa Walpola, H. However, her father refused to using her own name in music industry, she abbreviated her name to G. Perera and Mohammad Ghouse and got the opportunity to record songs under the Columbia label including two Columbia records: Samagi Bale Paame, and Siri Sara Bhavane, a duet with Mohideen Baig. In 1944, Rani went to the Columbia Records studios with her cousin Ahmed at the age of 14 for an audition at Porolis Fernando Company. This was her last appearance in media before her death. On 4 September 2004, she participated to the 53rd anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party held at Samanala Palama in Galle. During the General Election she was included to the National List of MPs from SLFP and narrowly missed the opportunity.
However, she continued to work in politics for 45 years, where she lost the career at Radio Ceylon as well. She contested for the 1967 Municipality elections from Milagiriya and lost by 448 votes. She became a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) supporter and an all Island organizer of the women's wing of the Party. She died on 7 September 2004 around 3.30 pm after a brief illness. Even though she was Malay and husband was Sinhala Catholic, the family converted to Buddhism. The couple had three children - Ranjith, Chandana and Udeni. Anton was an employee of the Sri Lanka Steel Corporation. She was married to Ranawaka Arachchige Anton Perera and wedding was celebrated on 17 February 1953. She completed education from Clifton Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo.
Her father Nusammeen Bangsajayah was a police sergeant and later became sub inspector. Gnai Seenar was born on 20 August 1930 in Guruwatta village, Badulla as the only daughter to a Malay family.
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