Biswa Kalyan Rath
| Biswa Kalyan Rath | |
|---|---|
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| Personal information | |
| Born | December 27, 1989 Rourkela, Odisha, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | IIT Kharagpur |
| Occupation(s) | Stand-up comedian, writer, YouTuber |
| Spouse | Sulagna Panigrahi |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2014-present |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Subscribers | 829,000 |
| Views | 79.7 million |
Last updated: September 2026 | |
Biswa Kalyan Rath (born 27 December 1989) is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber known for the Biswa Kalyan Rath YouTube channel, which had 829,000 subscribers and 79.7 million views as of September 2026.[1] He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series Pretentious Movie Reviews with fellow comedian Kanan Gill.[2]
Early life and education
Rath was born on 27 December 1989 in Rourkela, Odisha. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur with a B.Tech degree in Biotechnology.[3]
Career
After graduating, Rath worked in graphic design, advertising and software. He met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bangalore in 2013, and in 2014 he quit his job at Oracle to become a full-time comedian.[4] Together, Rath and Gill created Pretentious Movie Reviews, a series of YouTube videos in which they review critically panned Bollywood films. The series began with Kanti Shah's Gunda and went on to cover films such as Jaani Dushman, Prem Aggan and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.[5] His rant on the design of nail-cutters became one of his widely shared early stand-up clips.[6]
Rath played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix film Brahman Naman and created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video series Laakhon Mein Ek, in which he also starred. He has released the stand-up specials Biswa Mast Aadmi (2017), Sushi (2019) and Mood Kharaab (2022), and has served as a judge on the comedy reality show Comicstaan.[7] He has also posted sketch videos mimicking Shark Tank India judge Anupam Mittal.[8]
Personal life
On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress Sulagna Panigrahi.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biswa_Kalyan_Rath
- ↑ https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/pretentious-movie-reviews-needs-to-return-to-our-screens-are-you-listening-kanan-and-biswa-3873231.html/amp
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biswa_Kalyan_Rath
- ↑ https://alchetron.com/Biswa-Kalyan-Rath
- ↑ https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/pretentious-movie-reviews-needs-to-return-to-our-screens-are-you-listening-kanan-and-biswa-3873231.html/amp
- ↑ https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/stand-up-comic-biswa-kalyan-rath-talks-about-the-utter-uselessness-of-the-nail-cutters-design-981619.html
- ↑ https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/pretentious-movie-reviews-needs-to-return-to-our-screens-are-you-listening-kanan-and-biswa-3873231.html/amp
- ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/biswa-kalyan-rath-mimics-shark-tank-india-s-anupam-mittal-as-he-sits-with-him-watch-101643268064758.html
- ↑ https://wikibio.in/biswa-kalyan-rath/
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