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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 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>


Biswa Kalyan Rath began his career as a comedian around 2013. He gained initial recognition through his YouTube series, "Pretentious Movie Reviews," where he, along with Kanan Gill, humorously reviewed Bollywood films. 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 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>

Revision as of 09:45, 30 October 2023

Biswa Kalyan Rath
File:BiswaDisplay.jpg
Born (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 (age 35)[1]
Rourkela, Odisha, India
Alma materIIT Kharagpur
Occupations
Years active2014–2023
Spouse
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(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

After Biswa graduated in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur in 2012,[5][6][7] 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.[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 Bangalore, 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

Film

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

Web

Year Platform Name Notes
2014 YouTube Pretentious Movie Reviews Himself
2017 Amazon Video Biswa Mast Aadmi[19][20] Stand Up Special
Amazon Video Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 1[21] Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath,
Co-written by Vaspar Dandiwala & Karan Agarwal
Amazon Video 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
Amazon Video Comicstaan: Season 1 Judge
2019 Amazon Video Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 2[22] Created & Written by Biswa Kalyan Rath
Co-written by Abhishek Sengupta & Hussain Haidry
Amazon Video Comicstaan: Season 2 Judge
Amazon Video Sushi[23] Stand Up Special
2020 Amazon Video 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

  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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