Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He is from Odisha.Template: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
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
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[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
- ↑ Kanan and Biswa: Most Random Ever(16 November 2015).
- ↑ Pretentious Movie Reviews.
- ↑ Cast of Brahman Naman. IMDB.
- ↑ Biswa Kalyan Rath gets married to Sulagna Panigrahi(19 December 2020).
- ↑ Biswa Kalyan Rath's net worth details as he begins a new chapter with Sulagna Panigrahi, World, Republic. Republic World. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ↑ Reels of fun. The Hindu(9 March 2015).
- ↑ In Conversation With Biswa Kalyan Rath: Of Pretentiousness and Gamechanging. University Express(5 September 2014).
- ↑ Reviewer duo Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath throw a few punches at bad Bollywood movies. The Economic Times(9 May 2014).
- ↑ During my IIT days, I realised I like joking more than engineering: Biswa Kalyan Rath - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- ↑ Boys of Bollywood(9 May 2014).
- ↑ Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan(22 August 2014).
- ↑ Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews(23 October 2015).
- ↑ Comedians stand up and get counted. The Hindu(4 October 2015).
- ↑ Laakhon Mein Ek Trailer.
- ↑ Behind the Journey with Biswa.
- ↑ Learn Comedy on FrontRow with Biswa.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 actor Shweta Tripathi: Biswa Kalyan Rath is quite a serious guy. The Indian Express(12 April 2019).
- ↑ Biswa Kalyan Rath’s Amazon Special Sushi Packs Enough of the Wasabi Punch. Film Companion(2019-10-30). Retrieved 2020-03-17.