Biswapati Sarkar

Early life and education

Sarkar was born in Rourkela, Odisha, on 22 September 1988 into a Bengali family. He went to Delhi Public School in Rourkela and then to the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he earned an MSc in Statistics and Informatics. He has called Rourkela his favourite place on earth.

According to Odisha Bytes, his mother was at first against his plan to become an entertainer after graduating. For a time he left home and stayed with a friend, and his parents came round only after one of his sketches became a success.

The Viral Fever

Sarkar started as a script writer and became one of the core members of The Viral Fever, which was founded by his college senior Arunabh Kumar. He served as its executive creative director and helped create much of its early output. The first TVF video he wrote was 'Rowdies – Sab Q-tiyapa hai!'. In 2012 he invited the actor Jitendra Kumar to join TVF.

He wrote the five-episode web series Permanent Roommates (2014), which was made in association with the property portal CommonFloor. The idea began with a man who proposes to his girlfriend on the day he comes back to India after three years apart. Sarkar told YourStory that he wanted the show to tell relatable stories with gentler emotions. TVF said at the time that it was among the most-watched long-form web series on YouTube.

In 2015 Sarkar wrote TVF Pitchers and played the character Puneet in it. That year he also wrote and starred in Barely Speaking with Arnub, a parody of the television anchor Arnab Goswami. He was not the planned host and took the part when the director asked him to stand in. Guests included Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, Arvind Kejriwal, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anil Kapoor and Chetan Bhagat. He also wrote Shuruat Ka Interval (2014), wrote and directed The Making Of.... (2014), and acted, wrote and directed in Bisht Please! (2017).

Later work

Sarkar co-founded the production company Posham Pa Pictures with Sameer Saxena, Amit Golani and Saurabh Khanna, and works there as a screenwriter and producer. He produced Home Shanti (2022), wrote and produced the film Jaadugar (2022), and wrote and produced the Netflix series Kaala Paani (2023). He produced the Netflix series Maamla Legal Hai and wrote additional dialogue for the film Fighter (both 2024). He wrote the film Logout (2025).

Acting

Besides his TVF roles, Sarkar has acted in the films Baaghi (2016), Cargo (2019) and Arjun Patiala (2019). His web-series roles include Sanju in Mr & Mrs (2018–2020), which he also wrote, as well as parts in Hostel Daze (2019), ImMature (2019) and Panchayat (2020).

Personal life

In 2017 Sarkar married Kalpana Garg, who was his batchmate at IIT Kharagpur.