[1] The film depicts the life of Tulasi Munda, an educator and social activist from Keonjhar, Odisha.
[4] Born and brought up in a tribal region of Odisha, 'Padmashri[5]' Tulasi Munda did not allow the poverty, illiteracy and un-development of her locality to dishearten her, discourage her or dampen her spirit.
Be it urban-rural divide or conflict of mines-owner and workers or exploitation of the have-nots by the haves, Tulasi Munda protested each and every act of injustice and discrimination and turned the tide in favour of her fellow beings.
The film is shot in and around Keonjhar, Joda and Barbil all mining areas, and original locations where Tulasi Munda had grown up and spent her entire childhood.
According to the director the most difficult part, as it was with biopic Tulasi Apa is that one cannot take cinematic liberties.
The music for Tulasi Apa has been composed by Pankaj Jal, and the lyrics has been penned down Nimai Mohanty.
[7] It is the first Odia language movie to be released on Amazon Prime videos worldwide.