Tumpa Autowali which is aired on Colors Bangla is based on the life of real-life female auto rickshaw driver Tandra Sadhukhan. The serial recently completed one year of its journey.

Tandra Sadhukhan runs the auto-rickshaw on the Rabindra Sarobar-Taratala route.  Initially, she struggled to find passengers as people did not travel in an auto with a female driver. However, she continued on and now people have accepted her as a capable auto-rickshaw driver.

The cast along with Tandra Sadhukhan cut a cake on the occasion to celebrate this fantastic feat.

The story shows the life of Tumpa who is the family’s sole breadwinner and drives an auto-rickshaw. She aspires to be self-sufficient. Her only love is her autorickshaw, JAAN. She works as an auto-rickshaw driver and attends college to further her education. She is proud of the fact that she drives an auto-rickshaw Abir, on the other hand, is an arrogant businessman and the owner of a cab company. As a result of Tumpa’s marriage to Abir, two people with opposing personalities are brought together. What happens next?

Dona Bhomick plays the role of Tumpa in this show while Sayan Bose plays the role of Abir.

Speaking at the occasion, Dona said “I wish that the serial continues its golden run and we complete 1000 and more episodes. I am grateful to Tandra di who shared her story with us and through which we could reach out to so many people”.

Tandra Sadhukhan who was present at the 1-year celebration said that she was satisfied with the way her life was shown through this serial.

Sayan Bose said “I am glad that in this time when serials are getting shelved after a few months, our serial managed to complete one year. It feels great to be part of such a serial and I hope that audiences continue to love us”.

The other cast members include Sairity Banerjee, Dolon Roy, Joyjit, and Rii.

Dolon Roy said “It takes the effort and hard work of an entire team to make a serial or a film successful. Thankfully we have an energetic and hardworking team and hence we have finally completed a year of our journey”.

The screenplay and dialogue have been written by N K Salil.

The serial is produced by Screen Players.

Tumpa Autowali airs every day at 7.30 pm on Colors Bangla.

Video link of the event- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKo-md7h_c4

Priyanka Dutta