Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod,[2] a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, music composer Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together they have a daughter named Reewa.

Roopkumar was introduced to the world of music during his early years. His journey began as a tabla player and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s. He first began playback singing in 1989 with the song, "Main Tera Aashiq Hoon", composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal for the movie Gumrah.




Roop Kumar Rathod