Biswa Kalyan Rath (Comedian)

 Some Lesser Known Facts About Biswa Kalyan Rath

• Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber.

• While he was pursuing graduation, he started writing blogs. However, later, he discontinued it as he did not attract enough readers.

• He started working as a UI/UX Designer at Bitzer Mobile in Bangalore after completing his graduation. Later, he joined a private company Oracle in Bangalore.

• In 2013, he met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bangalore, it was after this meeting that he decided to quit his job at Oracle and become a full-time comedian.

• After the success of his debut YouTube show ‘Pretentious Movie Reviews,’ he appeared in various comedy shows like ‘Biswa Mast Aadmi’ (2017), ‘Improv All Stars: Game Night’ (2018), and ‘Sushi’ (2019).

• He has also appeared as a guest in the YouTube shows ‘Son of Abish’ and ‘AIB Video Podcast’ in 2017.

• In 2018, Biswa featured in the video series ‘HDFC Life’s Behind the Journey.’

• He has worked as a writer for the comedy shows ‘Laakhon Mein Ek- Season 1’ (2017) and ‘Laakhon Mein Ek- Season 2’ (2019).

• Biswa has judged a few comedy shows such as ‘Comicstaan: Season 1’ (2018) and ‘Comicstaan: Season 2’ (2019).

• In 2020, amid the coronavirus lockdown, he appeared in the YouTube streams of the Indian chess streamer, Samay Raina.

• Biswa has performed in various live comedy shows across India.

• He loves to sing and play the guitar in his leisure time.

  

• In an interview, he talked about pursuing his career as a comedian, he said,

• I think most Indians opt for professional streams like engineering before realising that their interests lie elsewhere. It was the same in my case. During my IIT days, I realised that I like joking more than engineering. Later, I gave it a serious thought and made the shift.”