[9] Tapas Paul was a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar having won in the 2014 Indian General Elections on a Trinamool Congress ticket.

[10][11] Paul shot to fame and popularity with his debut film Dadar Kirti (1980), a romantic drama by Tarun Majumdar, and sustained his fame with films like Saheb (1981),[12] Parabat Priya (1984), Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985), Anurager Choyan (1980), Amar Bandhan (1986), Guru Dakshina (1987) to name few.

[15] He was arrested by C.B.I for alleged links to the Rose Valley chit fund scam in December 2016,[16][17][18][19] and was given bail after 13 months.

[20] Tapas Paul graduated with a bio science degree from Hooghly Mohsin College under University of Burdwan.

[21] He was seated in a train compartment, when he caught attention of Shrinibas Chakraborty, the assistant director of Dadar Kirti (1980).

[20] On 11 January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Paul, AITC MP Saugata Roy and MLA Mahua Moitra, for falsely accusing him of involvement in the Rose Valley scam.