Biswa Kalyan Rath | |
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| Born | 27 December 1989[1] Odisha, India |
| Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Spouse(s) | ( m. 2020) |
Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He is from Odisha.[citation needed] He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, Pretentious Movie Reviews[2] with fellow comedian Kanan Gill. He played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix sex comedy film Brahman Naman.[3] He created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video's series Laakhon Mein Ek. On 9th December 2020, Rath married actress Sulagna Panigrahi.[4]
Career[edit | edit source]
After graduation in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur in 2012,[5] he worked in graphic design, advertising, and software. It was during this time that he met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bangalore in 2013.[6] He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian.[7]
Biswa and Kanan came up with the idea of the Pretentious Movie Reviews, a series of videos which soon went viral on YouTube. In this series, they review critically panned Bollywood films.[8] They chose Bollywood movies because they are so embedded in the Indian pop culture.[9][10] In 2014, he performed his first live show along with Kanan Gill in Gurgaon.[11]
He started doing stand-up comedy in 2015 and went on his first solo national tour, Biswa In your face in September 2015, doing shows in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.[12] In 2015, he hosted the Comedy Hunt along AIB and other comedians and also did a tour named Biswa Mast Aadmi.[13] He has also created a web series called "Laakhon Mein Ek" which released on Amazon Prime Video in October 2017.[14] and appeared on HDFC Life's Behind the Journey video series[15]
In December 2020, Biswa launched an exclusive Masterclass[16] for the aspiring stand up comedians with FrontRow.
Filmography[edit | edit source]
Film[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Brahman Naman | Ilash | Debut film (Cameo) |
Web[edit | edit source]
| Year | Platform | Name | Notes |
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| 2014 | YouTube | Pretentious Movie Reviews | Himself |
| 2017 | Amazon Video | Biswa Mast Aadmi[17][18] | Stand Up Special |
| 2017 | Amazon Video | Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 1[19] | Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath, Co-written by Vaspar Dandiwala & Karan Agarwal |
| 2017 | Amazon Video | Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. | Episode #StartUp |
| 2017 | Youtube | Son of Abish | S2E8 with Kanan Gill |
| 2017 | Soundcloud | AIB Video Podcast | With Sumukhi Suresh |
| 2018 | Amazon Video | Improv All Stars: Game Night | Himself |
| 2018 | Amazon Video | Comicstaan: Season 1 | Judge |
| 2019 | Amazon Video | Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 2[20] | Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath Co-written by Abhishek Sengupta & Hussain Haidry |
| 2019 | Amazon Video | Comicstaan: Season 2 | Judge |
| 2019 | Amazon Video | Sushi[21] | Stand Up Special |
| 2020 | Amazon Video | Afsos | Played a fictionalised version of himself (Guest Role) |
| 2020 | FrontRow | Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa | Played himself, teaching comedy to aspiring comedians |
| 2021 | Netflix | Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream | Himself |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Kanan and Biswa: Most Random Ever". 16 November 2015.
- ↑ "Pretentious Movie Reviews". Retrieved 5 August 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Cast of Brahman Naman". IMDB. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Biswa Kalyan Rath gets married to Sulagna Panigrahi". 19 December 2020.
- ↑ World, Republic. "Biswa Kalyan Rath's net worth details as he begins a new chapter with Sulagna Panigrahi". Republic World. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ↑ Apoorva Sripathi (9 March 2015). "Reels of fun". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Rhea Yadav (5 September 2014). "In Conversation With Biswa Kalyan Rath: Of Pretentiousness and Gamechanging". University Express. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ ET Bureau (9 May 2014). "Reviewer duo Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath throw a few punches at bad Bollywood movies". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ↑ Somya Lakhani (9 May 2014). "Boys of Bollywood". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Aanchal Tuli (22 August 2014). "Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Manali Shah (23 October 2015). "Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ Hena Mehta (4 October 2015). "Comedians stand up and get counted". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "Laakhon Mein Ek Trailer" – via Youtube.
- ↑ "Behind the Journey with Biswa" – via Youtube.
- ↑ Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa, retrieved 15 June 2021
- ↑ "2017: The year India's stand-up comics took a stroll even as they had a chance to run wild". scroll.in.
- ↑ "Biswa Kalyan Rath on his new show Laakhon Mein Ek, and moving on from Pretentious Movie Reviews". firstpost.com.
- ↑ "Laakhon Mein Ek: Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Prime series asks some tough questions". India Today.
- ↑ Farzeen, Sana (12 April 2019). "Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 actor Shweta Tripathi: Biswa Kalyan Rath is quite a serious guy". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ "Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Special Sushi Packs Enough of the Wasabi Punch". Film Companion. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.