Biswa Kalyan Rath

Biswa Kalyan Rath
Born Biswa Kalyan Rath
Nationality Indian
Education B.Tech.
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Occupation Stand-up comedian
Years active 2013–Present
Home town Bhubaneswar

Biswa Kalyan Rath (born 1990) is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. He is known for the YouTube series, Pretentious Movie Reviews where he reviews yesteryear Bollywood films along with fellow stand-up comedian Kanan Gill.

Early life

In his childhood, Biswa studied in various schools across Odisha because his father, who worked in SBI, was often transferred. Biswa graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. degree.[1]

Career

After graduation, Biswa worked in graphic design, advertising, and software. It was during this time that he met Kanan at an open mic event in Bangalore in 2013.[2] He later quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full time comedian.[3]

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 movies, including Gunda, Prem Aggan and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.[4] Their videos often get widely shared on social media, including by other celebrities.[5] In 2014, he performed his first live show along with Kanan Gill in Gurgaon.[6]

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.[7] In 2015, he hosted the Comedy Hunt along AIB and other acclaimed comedians.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "The Rising Stars of Comedy". NDTV. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Apoorva Sripathi (9 March 2015). "Reels of fun". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Rhea Yadav (5 September 2014). "In Conversation With Biswa Kalyan Rath: Of Pretentiousness and Gamechanging". University Express. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Somya Lakhani (9 May 2014). "Boys of Bollywood". Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Aanchal Tuli (22 August 2014). "Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan". Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Manali Shah (23 October 2015). "Most serious ever: Biswa on life before Pretentious Movie Reviews". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Hena Mehta (4 October 2015). "Comedians stand up and get counted". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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