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'''Biswa Kalyan Rath'''is an Indian [[stand-up comedian]], writer and [[YouTuber]]. He got married to Keval madlani a guy from Africa He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, ''Pretentious Movie Reviews''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pretentious Movie Reviews | url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmwHEj8mVmAkqqZjD8EKEY2iawIVHg3G|via=YouTube|accessdate= 5 August 2017}}</ref> with fellow comedian [[Kanan Gill]]. He played a supporting role in the 2016 [[Netflix]] sex comedy film ''[[Brahman Naman]]''. He created the 2017 [[Amazon Prime Video]]'s series ''[[Laakhon Mein Ek]]''. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress [[Sulagna Panigrahi]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/stand-up-comic-biswa-kalyan-rath-gets-married-to-actor-sulagna-panigrahi-7111150/lite/ |title = Biswa Kalyan Rath gets married to Sulagna Panigrahi|date = 19 December 2020}}</ref>
'''Biswa Kalyan Rath''' is an Indian [[stand-up comedian]], writer and [[YouTuber]]. He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, ''Pretentious Movie Reviews''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pretentious Movie Reviews | url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmwHEj8mVmAkqqZjD8EKEY2iawIVHg3G|via=YouTube|accessdate= 5 August 2017}}</ref> with fellow comedian [[Kanan Gill]]. He played a supporting role in the 2016 [[Netflix]] sex comedy film ''[[Brahman Naman]]''. He created the 2017 [[Amazon Prime Video]]'s series ''[[Laakhon Mein Ek]]''. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress [[Sulagna Panigrahi]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/stand-up-comic-biswa-kalyan-rath-gets-married-to-actor-sulagna-panigrahi-7111150/lite/ |title = Biswa Kalyan Rath gets married to Sulagna Panigrahi|date = 19 December 2020}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
After Biswa graduated in [[Biotechnology]] from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]] in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-03-27 |title=During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/during-my-iit-days-i-realised-i-like-joking-more-than-engineering-biswa-kalyan-rath/articleshow/57854311.cms |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=IIT KGP Alumni Foundation |title=Unique Talents of KGP'ians: Biswa Kalyan Rath, from KGP to TV - Newsroom |url=https://www.iitkgpalumnifoundation.in/newsroom/news/Unique-Talents-of-KGPians-Biswa-Kalyan-Rath-from-KGP-to-TV.dz |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=IIT KGP Alumni Foundation India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biswa Kalyan Rath • EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/performers/biswa-kalyan-rath/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=earthackney.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Hindu Article 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/reels-of-fun/article6941115.ece|title=Reels of fun|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 March 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016| author=Apoorva Sripathi}}</ref> He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian.<ref name="UE 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2014/09/conversation-biswa-kalyan-rath-pretentiousness-gamechanging/|title=In Conversation With Biswa Kalyan Rath: Of Pretentiousness and Gamechanging|publisher=University Express|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Rhea Yadav|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203170041/http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2014/09/conversation-biswa-kalyan-rath-pretentiousness-gamechanging/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After Biswa graduated in [[Biotechnology]] from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]] in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-03-27 |title=During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/during-my-iit-days-i-realised-i-like-joking-more-than-engineering-biswa-kalyan-rath/articleshow/57854311.cms |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=IIT KGP Alumni Foundation |title=Unique Talents of KGP'ians: Biswa Kalyan Rath, from KGP to TV - Newsroom |url=https://www.iitkgpalumnifoundation.in/newsroom/news/Unique-Talents-of-KGPians-Biswa-Kalyan-Rath-from-KGP-to-TV.dz |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=IIT KGP Alumni Foundation India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biswa Kalyan Rath • EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/performers/biswa-kalyan-rath/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=earthackney.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> he worked at the mobile security startup, BitzerMobile. It was during this time that he met [[Kanan Gill]] at an open mic event in [[Bengaluru]] in 2013.<ref name="Hindu Article 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/reels-of-fun/article6941115.ece|title=Reels of fun|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 March 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016| author=Apoorva Sripathi}}</ref> He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian.<ref name="UE 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2014/09/conversation-biswa-kalyan-rath-pretentiousness-gamechanging/|title=In Conversation With Biswa Kalyan Rath: Of Pretentiousness and Gamechanging|publisher=University Express|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Rhea Yadav|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203170041/http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2014/09/conversation-biswa-kalyan-rath-pretentiousness-gamechanging/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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.<ref name="ET 1">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/reviewer-duo-kanan-gill-and-biswa-kalyan-rath-throw-a-few-punches-at-bad-bollywood-movies/articleshow/34867519.cms|title=Reviewer duo Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath throw a few punches at bad Bollywood movies|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=ET Bureau}}</ref> They chose Bollywood movies because they are so embedded in the Indian pop culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/during-my-iit-days-i-realised-i-like-joking-more-than-engineering-biswa-kalyan-rath/articleshow/57854311.cms|title=During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref><ref name="IE 1">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/boys-of-bollywood-2/|title=Boys of Bollywood|work=The Indian Express|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Somya Lakhani}}</ref> In 2014, he performed his first live show along with Kanan Gill in Gurgaon.<ref name="TOI 1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/Kanan-Gill-and-Biswa-Kalyan-Raths-first-live-show-in-Gurgoan/articleshow/40598905.cms|title=Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan|work=The Times of India|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Aanchal Tuli}}</ref>
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.<ref name="ET 1">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/reviewer-duo-kanan-gill-and-biswa-kalyan-rath-throw-a-few-punches-at-bad-bollywood-movies/articleshow/34867519.cms|title=Reviewer duo Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath throw a few punches at bad Bollywood movies|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=ET Bureau}}</ref> They chose Bollywood movies because they are so embedded in the Indian pop culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/during-my-iit-days-i-realised-i-like-joking-more-than-engineering-biswa-kalyan-rath/articleshow/57854311.cms|title=During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref><ref name="IE 1">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/boys-of-bollywood-2/|title=Boys of Bollywood|work=The Indian Express|date=9 May 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Somya Lakhani}}</ref> In 2014, he performed his first live show along with Kanan Gill in Gurgaon.<ref name="TOI 1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/Kanan-Gill-and-Biswa-Kalyan-Raths-first-live-show-in-Gurgoan/articleshow/40598905.cms|title=Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan|work=The Times of India|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Aanchal Tuli}}</ref>


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.<ref name="HT ARticle 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/most-serious-ever-comedian-biswa-on-life-before-pretentious-movie-reviews/story-TO8gdMz2cVEHNnRK892uoN.html|title=Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews|work=The Hindustan Times|date=23 October 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Manali Shah}}</ref> In 2015, he hosted the Comedy Hunt along AIB and other comedians and also did a tour named ''Biswa Mast Aadmi''.<ref name="Hindu 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/comedians-stand-up-and-get-counted/article7720737.ece|title=Comedians stand up and get counted|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 October 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Hena Mehta}}</ref> He has also created a web series called "Laakhon Mein Ek" which released on Amazon Prime Video in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laakhon Mein Ek Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqaheLq730|via=Youtube}}</ref> and appeared on HDFC Life's Behind the Journey video series<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the Journey with Biswa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmKUFhqWJs|via=Youtube}}</ref>
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 Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.<ref name="HT ARticle 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/most-serious-ever-comedian-biswa-on-life-before-pretentious-movie-reviews/story-TO8gdMz2cVEHNnRK892uoN.html|title=Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews|work=The Hindustan Times|date=23 October 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Manali Shah}}</ref> In 2015, he hosted the Comedy Hunt along AIB and other comedians and also did a tour named ''Biswa Mast Aadmi''.<ref name="Hindu 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/comedians-stand-up-and-get-counted/article7720737.ece|title=Comedians stand up and get counted|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 October 2015|accessdate=29 January 2016|author=Hena Mehta}}</ref> He has also created a web series called "Laakhon Mein Ek" which released on Amazon Prime Video in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laakhon Mein Ek Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqaheLq730|via=Youtube}}</ref> and appeared on HDFC Life's Behind the Journey video series<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the Journey with Biswa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmKUFhqWJs|via=Youtube}}</ref>


In December 2020, Biswa launched an exclusive Masterclass<ref>{{Citation|title=Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lycIjZaxLxg|language=en|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref> for the aspiring stand up comedians with FrontRow.
In December 2020, Biswa launched an exclusive Masterclass<ref>{{Citation|title=Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lycIjZaxLxg|language=en|access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref> for the aspiring stand up comedians with FrontRow.
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| rowspan="5" | 2017 || [[Amazon Video]]|| Biswa Mast Aadmi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/862241/2017-the-year-indias-stand-up-comics-took-a-stroll-even-as-they-had-a-chance-to-run-wild|title=2017: The year India's stand-up comics took a stroll even as they had a chance to run wild|website=scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/biswa-kalyan-rath-on-his-new-show-laakhon-mein-ek-and-moving-on-from-pretentious-movie-reviews-4131741.html|title=Biswa Kalyan Rath on his new show Laakhon Mein Ek, and moving on from Pretentious Movie Reviews|website=firstpost.com}}</ref> ||Stand Up Special
| rowspan="5" | 2017 || rowspan="3" | [[Amazon Video]]|| Biswa Mast Aadmi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/862241/2017-the-year-indias-stand-up-comics-took-a-stroll-even-as-they-had-a-chance-to-run-wild|title=2017: The year India's stand-up comics took a stroll even as they had a chance to run wild|website=scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/biswa-kalyan-rath-on-his-new-show-laakhon-mein-ek-and-moving-on-from-pretentious-movie-reviews-4131741.html|title=Biswa Kalyan Rath on his new show Laakhon Mein Ek, and moving on from Pretentious Movie Reviews|website=firstpost.com}}</ref> ||Stand Up Special
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| [[Amazon Video]]|| [[Laakhon Mein Ek]]: Season 1<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20171120-laakhon-mein-ek-biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-original-series-1083668-2017-11-12|title=Laakhon Mein Ek: Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Prime series asks some tough questions|publisher=India Today}}</ref> || Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath,<br>Co-written by Vaspar Dandiwala & Karan Agarwal
| [[Laakhon Mein Ek]]: Season 1<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20171120-laakhon-mein-ek-biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-original-series-1083668-2017-11-12|title=Laakhon Mein Ek: Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Prime series asks some tough questions|publisher=India Today}}</ref> || Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath,<br>Co-written by Vaspar Dandiwala & Karan Agarwal
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| rowspan="3" | 2019 || [[Laakhon Mein Ek]]: Season 2<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/laakhon-mein-ek-season-2-shweta-tripathi-biswa-kalyan-rath-5671788/|title= Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 actor Shweta Tripathi: Biswa Kalyan Rath is quite a serious guy|date=12 April 2019|newspaper=The Indian Express|first=Sana|last=Farzeen|accessdate=3 May 2019}}</ref> || Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath<br>Co-written by Abhishek Sengupta & Hussain Haidry
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|Sushi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-special-sushi-review-stand-up-comedy-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027152234/https://www.filmcompanion.in/biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-special-sushi-review-stand-up-comedy-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2019|title=Biswa Kalyan Rath’s Amazon Special Sushi Packs Enough of the Wasabi Punch|date=2019-10-30|website=Film Companion|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
|Sushi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-special-sushi-review-stand-up-comedy-india|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027152234/https://www.filmcompanion.in/biswa-kalyan-rath-amazon-prime-special-sushi-review-stand-up-comedy-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2019|title=Biswa Kalyan Rath’s Amazon Special Sushi Packs Enough of the Wasabi Punch|date=2019-10-30|website=Film Companion|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:32, 6 October 2024

Biswa Kalyan Rath
Born (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 (age 34)[1]
Alma materIIT Kharagpur
Occupations
Years active2014–present
Spouse
(m. 2020)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Subscribers680 thousand[2]
Total views45 million[2]
100,000 subscribers

Last updated: 19 July 2023

Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, Pretentious Movie Reviews[3] with fellow comedian Kanan Gill. He played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix sex comedy film Brahman Naman. He created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video's series Laakhon Mein Ek. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress Sulagna Panigrahi.[4]

Career

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After Biswa graduated in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur in 2012,[5][6][7] he worked at the mobile security startup, BitzerMobile. It was during this time that he met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bengaluru in 2013.[8] He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian.[9]

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.[10] They chose Bollywood movies because they are so embedded in the Indian pop culture.[11][12] In 2014, he performed his first live show along with Kanan Gill in Gurgaon.[13]

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 Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.[14] In 2015, he hosted the Comedy Hunt along AIB and other comedians and also did a tour named Biswa Mast Aadmi.[15] He has also created a web series called "Laakhon Mein Ek" which released on Amazon Prime Video in October 2017.[16] and appeared on HDFC Life's Behind the Journey video series[17]

In December 2020, Biswa launched an exclusive Masterclass[18] for the aspiring stand up comedians with FrontRow.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2016 Brahman Naman Ilash Debut film (Cameo)

Web

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Year Platform Name Notes
2014 YouTube Pretentious Movie Reviews Himself
2017 Amazon Video Biswa Mast Aadmi[19][20] Stand Up Special
Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 1[21] Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath,
Co-written by Vaspar Dandiwala & Karan Agarwal
Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. Episode #StartUp
Youtube Son of Abish S2E8 with Kanan Gill
Soundcloud AIB Video Podcast With Sumukhi Suresh
2018 Amazon Video Improv All Stars: Game Night Himself
Comicstaan: Season 1 Judge
2019 Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 2[22] Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath
Co-written by Abhishek Sengupta & Hussain Haidry
Comicstaan: Season 2 Judge
Sushi[23] Stand Up Special
2020 Afsos Played a fictionalised version of himself (Guest Role)
FrontRow Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa Played himself, teaching comedy to aspiring comedians
2021 Netflix Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream Himself
2023 Amazon Video Mood Kharaab[24] Stand Up Special
2023 Amazon Mini TV Hum Do Teen Chaar Brajesh Gupta

References

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  1. ^ "Kanan and Biswa: Most Random Ever". 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "About Biswa Kalyan Rath". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Pretentious Movie Reviews". Retrieved 5 August 2017 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Biswa Kalyan Rath gets married to Sulagna Panigrahi". 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath". The Times of India. 27 March 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ India, IIT KGP Alumni Foundation. "Unique Talents of KGP'ians: Biswa Kalyan Rath, from KGP to TV - Newsroom". IIT KGP Alumni Foundation India. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Biswa Kalyan Rath • EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)". earthackney.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ Apoorva Sripathi (9 March 2015). "Reels of fun". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Somya Lakhani (9 May 2014). "Boys of Bollywood". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Manali Shah (23 October 2015). "Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  15. ^ Hena Mehta (4 October 2015). "Comedians stand up and get counted". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Laakhon Mein Ek Trailer" – via Youtube.
  17. ^ "Behind the Journey with Biswa" – via Youtube.
  18. ^ Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa, retrieved 15 June 2021
  19. ^ "2017: The year India's stand-up comics took a stroll even as they had a chance to run wild". scroll.in.
  20. ^ "Biswa Kalyan Rath on his new show Laakhon Mein Ek, and moving on from Pretentious Movie Reviews". firstpost.com.
  21. ^ "Laakhon Mein Ek: Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Prime series asks some tough questions". India Today.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Biswa Kalyan Rath's Amazon Special Sushi Packs Enough of the Wasabi Punch". Film Companion. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Mood Kharaab review: Biswa Kalyan Rath's best standup special yet". cnbctv18.com. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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