Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, YouTuber and writer. He gained popularity with his first YouTube comedy series Pretentious Movie Reviews (2014) alongside comedian Kanan Gill.
Wiki/Biography
Biswa was born on Wednesday, December 27, 1989 (31 years old in 2020) and his birthplace is Odisha. His star sign is Capricorn. He graduated in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2012.
Biswa Kalyan Rath’s childhood photos
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 9″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
Parents and siblings
His father, Jagan Mohan Rath, works at the State Bank of India.
Relationship with wife
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, he married Indian television actress Sulagna Panigrahi.
Biswa Kalyan Rath and Sulagna Panigrahi wedding photos
Profession
After graduation, he worked as a UI/UX designer at Bitzer Mobile in Bangalore and later joined Oracle, a private company in Bangalore. In 2013, he met Kanan Gill, an Indian comedian, during an open mic event. In 2014, Biswa decided to quit his job and pursue a career as a comedian. In the same year, Biswa and Kanan started their YouTube show “Pretentious Movie Reviews”, where they reviewed Bollywood movies. He has been a comedian in various comedy shows on Amazon Video like “Biswa Mast Aadmi” (2017), “Improv All Stars: Game Night” (2018), and “Sushi” (2019). In 2017, he appeared in “Son of Abish” and “AIB Video Podcast”. He starred in the video series “HDFC Life’s Behind the Journey” which was released in 2018.
He wrote the scripts for two seasons of the Indian TV series Laakhon Mein Ek in 2017 and 2019. He has also been a judge on several comedy shows such as Comicstaan: Season 1 (2018) and Comicstaan: Season 2 (2019). During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, he appeared in a YouTube live stream by Indian chess streamer Samay Raina. He has also participated in live comedy shows in various cities in India including Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
Favorite things
- Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Facts/Trivia
- He used to blog during college but later stopped due to low readership.
- He follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Biswa Kalyan Rath’s Instagram Story
- Biswa Kalyan Rath loves singing and playing guitar.
Biswa Kalyan Rath plays guitar
- In an interview, when asked why he quit his job to choose comedy, he said,
I think most Indians choose a major like engineering but later realize that their interests lie elsewhere. It was the same in my case. While studying in IIT, I realized that I was more into jokes than engineering. Later, I thought about it seriously and made a change. ”
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