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{{short description|Indian musician}}
{{short description|Indian musician}}
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{{Distinguish|Ash King (River City)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Ash King
| name             = Ash King
| image       =
| image             = AshKing.jpg
| caption     =
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| birth_name   = Ashutosh Ganguly
| birth_name       = Ashutosh Ganguly
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|8|3}}
| birth_date       = <!-- High quality source required per [[WP:BLPPRIVACY]] -->
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| birth_place       = London, England
| Origin      =
| origin            =  
| Occupation  = Singer<br>composer<br>songwriter
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|composer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| years_active     = 2009–present
| Instrument  = Vocals
| instrument        = Vocals
| Genre        = Pop/[[Soul music|Soul]]
| genre            = Pop/[[Soul music|Soul]]
}}
}}
'''Ashutosh Ganguly''', better known by his stage name '''Ash King''', is a [[British-Indian]] singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]]'s [[Delhi-6]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dum Maaro Dum|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14263/index.html|date=17 March 2011|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bodyguard|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14340/index.html|date=29 July 2011 |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> He is a relative of prominent Indian singer [[Kishore Kumar]]. He has also sung the song "Carbon Copy" in the movie ''[[Drishyam]]''.
'''Ashutosh Ganguly''', better known by his stage name '''Ash King''', is a [[British-Indian|British]] singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]]'s [[Delhi-6]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dum Maaro Dum|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14263/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027095247/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14263/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2010|date=17 March 2011|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bodyguard|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14340/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018094814/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14340/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2010|date=29 July 2011 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> He is a relative of prominent Indian singer [[Kishore Kumar]]. He has also sung the song "Carbon Copy" in the film ''[[Drishyam]]''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ash King hails from a family of musicians who has shaped his relationship with music. His grandfather Brajendra Lal Ganguly was the first Indian classical music teacher at [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s home and school [[Visva-Bharati University|Shantiniketan]], and also a prominent freedom fighter for India and close ally of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and first cousin of [[Kishore Kumar]]'s father.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120612/jsp/entertainment/story_15597443.jsp|title=Ashutosh tells us about Ash|first=Mohua|last=Das|date=12 June 2012|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> King spent his childhood surrounded by celebrated musical artists with whom his father worked closely with. His father used to perform with [[Ravi Shankar]] in India back in the sixties. According to him, when he was very young, [[George Harrison]] visited their house at Wembley as he was into Indian classical music. His mother hails from [[Karamsad]], Gujarat.<ref name="Queen of Dandiya">{{cite news| title= Ash King wishes to make Gujarati music a global phenomenon|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Ash-King-wishes-to-make-Gujarati-music-a-global-phenomenon/articleshow/15044349.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
Ash King is from a family of musicians who has shaped his relationship with music. His grandfather Brajendra Lal Ganguly was the first Indian classical music teacher at [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s home and school [[Visva-Bharati University|Shantiniketan]], and also a prominent freedom fighter for India and close ally of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and first cousin of [[Kishore Kumar]]'s father.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120612/jsp/entertainment/story_15597443.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615182406/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120612/jsp/entertainment/story_15597443.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2012|title=Ashutosh tells us about Ash|first=Mohua|last=Das|date=12 June 2012|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> King spent his childhood surrounded by celebrated musical artists with whom his father worked closely with. His father used to perform with [[Ravi Shankar]] in India back in the sixties. According to him, when he was very young, [[George Harrison]] visited their house at Wembley as he was into Indian classical music. His mother hails from [[Karamsad]], Gujarat.<ref name="Queen of Dandiya">{{cite news| title= Ash King wishes to make Gujarati music a global phenomenon|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Ash-King-wishes-to-make-Gujarati-music-a-global-phenomenon/articleshow/15044349.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>


He was influenced early on by joining a Gospel choir.
He was influenced early on by joining a Gospel choir.
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Ash Featured on [[Lady Gaga]]'s official single for ''[[Bad Romance]]'' on a remix of ''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]'', this was also used in the remix album and the Asian release of the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' Deewaan Remix Featuring Ash King|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[Desi Hits]]|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417094605/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|archive-date=17 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Ash Featured on [[Lady Gaga]]'s official single for ''[[Bad Romance]]'' on a remix of ''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]'', this was also used in the remix album and the Asian release of the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' Deewaan Remix Featuring Ash King|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[Desi Hits]]|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417094605/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|archive-date=17 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Ash is also a prominent singer in the UK, having sung and co-written the song ''Love Is Blind'' which he sang with singer Ramzi and featured on the song ''Look For Me'' with [[Hard Kaur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King in the Spotlight|url=http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|date=11 October 2011|publisher=Naach|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029235149/http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|archive-date=29 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, Ash performed at some of the biggest events in the UK including performances at [[Glastonbury Festival]] for the [[BBC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King + Shammi Pithia – Until I Hit The Ground Glastonbury 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32pzRtYIzU|date=11 October 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> and also performed on the main stage at the BBC London Mela.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Mumzy Stranger and Ash King joined the London Mela line up.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2011/londonmela/|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[BBC Asian Network]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>
Ash is also a prominent singer in the UK, having sung and co-written the song ''Love Is Blind'' which he sang with singer Ramzi and featured on the song ''Look For Me'' with [[Hard Kaur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King in the Spotlight|url=http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|date=11 October 2011|publisher=Naach|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029235149/http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|archive-date=29 October 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In 2011, Ash performed at some of the biggest events in the UK including performances at [[Glastonbury Festival]] for the [[BBC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King + Shammi Pithia – Until I Hit The Ground Glastonbury 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32pzRtYIzU|date=11 October 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> and also performed on the main stage at the BBC London Mela.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Mumzy Stranger and Ash King joined the London Mela line up.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2011/londonmela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709071438/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2011/londonmela/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2011|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[BBC Asian Network]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>


After 2011, in 2012 Ash was appointed for a Bengali song "Kothin" of [[Bojhena Shey Bojhena]] film. He also took part in MTV India's 'MTV Unplugged' – Series 2, with a whole episode dedicated to his hits. Other performers included [[A R Rahman]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] and [[Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan]]. In April 2013 he headlined a concert at the Southbank Centre in London, alongside Sufi/Bollywood singer [[Harshdeep Kaur]].
After 2011, in 2012 Ash was appointed for a Bengali song "Kothin" of [[Bojhena Shey Bojhena]] film. He also took part in MTV India's 'MTV Unplugged' – Series 2, with a whole episode dedicated to his hits. Other performers included [[A R Rahman]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] and [[Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan]]. In April 2013 he headlined a concert at the Southbank Centre in London, alongside Sufi/Bollywood singer [[Harshdeep Kaur]].
[[File:Ashking 1.jpg|Ash King|center|frameless|514x514px]]


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  
|-  
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Year'''
! Year
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Film'''
! Film
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Song Name'''
! Song Name
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Co-Singer'''
! Co-Singer
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Composer'''
! Composer
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Notes'''
! Notes
|-
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Delhi-6]]'' || Dil Gira Dafatan || [[Chinmayi]] ||[[A. R. Rahman]] ||
| 2009 || ''[[Delhi-6]]'' || Dil Gira Dafatan || [[Chinmayi Sripada|Chinmayi]] ||[[A. R. Rahman]] ||
|-
|-
| 2010 ||''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]''|| Suno Aisha || [[Nakash Aziz]], [[Amit Trivedi]] ||[[Amit Trivedi]] ||
| 2010 ||''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]''|| Suno Aisha || [[Nakash Aziz]], [[Amit Trivedi]] ||[[Amit Trivedi]] ||
|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 2011 || ''[[Dum Maaro Dum (film)|Dum Maaro Dum]]'' || Te Amo (Duet) || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Pritam]] ||   
| rowspan=5| 2011 || rowspan="2"|''[[Dum Maaro Dum (film)|Dum Maaro Dum]]'' || Te Amo (Duet) ||rowspan="2"| [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] ||rowspan="3"|[[Pritam]] ||   
|-
|Te Amo (Remix)||
|-
|-
| ''[[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]]'' || I Love You || [[Clinton Cerejo]] || Nominated – [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Awards]] for [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]]
| ''[[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]]'' || I Love You || [[Clinton Cerejo]] || Nominated – [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Awards]] for [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge]]'' || Uh-Oh Uh-Oh! || [[Shilpa Rao]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Raghu Dixit]] ||
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge]]'' || Uh-Oh Uh-Oh!
|rowspan=2|[[Shilpa Rao]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Raghu Dixit]] ||
|-
|-
|Uh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0|| Shilpa Rao ||  
|Uh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0||
|-
|-
| rowspan=6| 2012 || ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]'' || Aunty Ji || [[Bianca Gomes]], [[Neuman Pinto]], [[Piyush Kapoor]], [[Fionas Pinto]] ||Amit Trivedi ||
| rowspan=6| 2012 || ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]'' || Aunty Ji || [[Bianca Gomes]], Neuman Pinto, Fionas Pinto||Amit Trivedi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Paanch Adhyay]]'' || Phire Paoar Gaan || Solo ||[[Shantanu Moitra]] || Bengali Film
| ''[[Paanch Adhyay]]'' || Phire Paoar Gaan
|rowspan=2|Solo ||[[Shantanu Moitra]] || Bengali Film
|-
|-
| ''[[OMG – Oh My God!|Oh My God!]]'' || Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) || Solo ||[[Himesh Reshammiya]] ||
| ''[[OMG – Oh My God!|Oh My God!]]'' || Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) ||[[Himesh Reshammiya]] ||
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rush (2012 film)|Rush]]'' || Chup Chup Ke || [[Muazzam]], [[Rizwan Ali Khan]] ||rowspan="2"|Pritam ||
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rush (2012 film)|Rush]]'' || Chup Chup Ke || [[Muazzam]], Rizwan Ali Khan|| rowspan="2" |Pritam ||
|-
|-
|Hote Hote || [[Hard Kaur]] ||
|Hote Hote || [[Hard Kaur]] ||
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| ''[[Bojhena Shey Bojhena]]'' || Kothin || [[Sayani Ghosh]] ||[[Arindom Chatterjee]] || Bengali Film
| ''[[Bojhena Shey Bojhena]]'' || Kothin || [[Sayani Ghosh]] ||[[Arindom Chatterjee]] || Bengali Film
|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 2013 || ''[[Shortcut Romeo]]'' || Shortcut Romeo || Solo ||Himesh Reshammiya ||
| rowspan=4| 2013 || ''[[Shortcut Romeo]]'' || Shortcut Romeo
|rowspan=2|Solo ||Himesh Reshammiya ||
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Baat Bann Gayi]]'' || Naseeba || Solo ||rowspan="2"|Harpreet Singh ||
|rowspan="2"|''[[Baat Bann Gayi]]'' || Naseeba ||rowspan="2"|Harpreet Singh ||
|-
|-
|Dance Karna || Sardar Ali ||  
|Dance Karna || Sardar Ali ||  
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| ''[[Sooper Se Ooper]]'' || Behka Behka || [[Teesha Nigam]] ||[[Sonu Nigam]] & [[Bickram Ghosh]] ||
| ''[[Sooper Se Ooper]]'' || Behka Behka || [[Teesha Nigam]] ||[[Sonu Nigam]] & [[Bickram Ghosh]] ||
|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 2014 || ''[[Heartless (2014 film)|Heartless]]'' || Mashooqana || [[Arunima Bhattacharya]] ||[[Gaurav Dagaonkar]] ||
| rowspan=4| 2014 || ''[[Heartless (2014 film)|Heartless]]'' || Mashooqana || [[Arunima Bhattacharya]]||[[Gaurav Dagaonkar]] ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Savaari 2]]'' || Yello Mareyaagi || Solo ||[[Manikanth Kadri]] || Kannada Film
| ''[[Savaari 2]]'' || Yello Mareyaagi || Solo ||[[Manikanth Kadri]] || Kannada Film
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| ''[[Humshakals]]''|| Look into My Eyes || [[Neeti Mohan]] ||Himesh Reshammiya ||
| ''[[Humshakals]]''|| Look into My Eyes || [[Neeti Mohan]] ||Himesh Reshammiya ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Bang Bang!]]'' || [[Meherbaan (song)|Meherbaan]] || [[Shilpa Rao]], [[Shekhar Ravjiani]] || [[Vishal-Shekhar]] ||   
| ''[[Bang Bang!]]'' || [[Meherbaan (song)|Meherbaan]] || [[Shilpa Rao]], [[Shekhar Ravjiani]] || [[Vishal–Shekhar]] ||   
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2015 || rowspan="2"|''[[I (film)|I]]'' || Tum Todo Naa (Male version) || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || rowspan="2"|A. R. Rahman ||
| rowspan="6" | 2015 || rowspan="2"|''[[I (2015 film)|I]]'' || Tum Todo Naa (Male version) || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || rowspan="2"|A. R. Rahman ||
|-
|-
|Tum Todo Naa (Female version) || [[Bela Shende]] ||  
|Tum Todo Naa (Female version) || [[Bela Shende]] ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey]]'' || Ure Geche Chinta Bhabna Ghum Mone Mone Ekdom Rong Baloon || [[Monali Thakur]] ||[[Indradeep Dasgupta]] ||rowspan="3"|Bengali Film
| ''[[Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey]]'' || Ure Geche|| [[Monali Thakur]] ||[[Indradeep Dasgupta]] ||rowspan="3"|Bengali Film
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shudhu Tomari Jonyo]]'' || Jeno Tomari Kache || [[Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury]] ||rowspan="2"|Arindom Chatterjee  
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shudhu Tomari Jonyo]]'' || Jeno Tomari Kache || [[Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury]] ||rowspan="2"|Arindom Chatterjee  
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|Dekhte Bou Bou || [[Prashmita Paul]]
|Dekhte Bou Bou || [[Prashmita Paul]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="6"|2016|| ''[[Deewaren: Unity Song for Holi]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Seven-Singers-Come-Together-this-Holi-to-Celebrate-Unity-with-Deewaren/articleshow/51513516.cms|title=Seven Singers Come Together this Holi to Celebrate Unity with Deewaren |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> || Deewaren || [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Suraj Jagan]], [[Kunal Ganjawala]], Jonita Gandhi ||[[Vinay Jaiswal]] || Single by The Moody Nation
|[[Drishyam (2015 film)|''Drishyam'']]
|Carbon Copy
|rowspan=2|Solo
|[[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
|
|-
|-
||''[[Hero 420]]'' || Chaichi Toke || Solo ||rowspan="2"|[[Savvy Gupta|Savvy]]  || rowspan="2"|Indo-Bangladesh Film
|rowspan=7|2016||''[[Hero 420]]'' || Chaichi Toke ||rowspan="2"|[[Savvy Gupta]]  || rowspan="2"|Indo-Bangladesh Film
|-
|-
|| ''[[Prem Ki Bujhini]]'' || Ami Raji || Madhubanti Bagchi
|| ''[[Prem Ki Bujhini]]'' || Ami Raji || Madhubanti Bagchi
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|| ''[[Saansein]]'' || Mera Pyar || [[Arijit Singh]], Swati Sharma, [[Dev Negi]], [[Joi Barua]] ||[[Vivek Kar]] ||  
|| ''[[Saansein]]'' || Mera Pyar || [[Arijit Singh]], Swati Sharma, [[Dev Negi]], [[Joi Barua]] ||[[Vivek Kar]] ||  
|-
|-
|| ''[[Ami Tomar Hote Chai]]'' || Ei Tukro Premer Golpo || Solo ||[[Shafiq Tuhin]] || Bangladesh Film
|| ''Ami Tomar Hote Chai'' || Ei Tukro Premer Golpo
|rowspan=3|Solo ||[[Shafiq Tuhin]] || Bangladeshi Film
|-
|| ''[[Fever (2016 film)|Fever]]'' || Look Look (Fever)| ||
|-
|| ''[[Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh]]''||Aur Main Khush Hoon|| [[Clinton Cerejo]] ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"|2017|| ''[[Half Girlfriend (film)|Half Girlfriend]]'' || Baarish || [[Shashaa Tirupati]] ||[[Tanishk Bagchi]] ||
| rowspan="6"|2017|| ''[[Half Girlfriend (film)|Half Girlfriend]]'' || Baarish || [[Shashaa Tirupati]] ||[[Tanishk Bagchi]] ||
|-
|-
|| ''[[Ami Je Ke Tomar]]'' || Bhalobeshe Felech || [[Jonita Gandhi]] || Indradeep Dasgupta || Bengali film
|| ''[[Ami Je Ke Tomar]]'' || Bhalobeshe Felech || [[Jonita Gandhi]] || Indradeep Dasgupta || Bengali film
|-
|-
|| ''[[Flat 211]]'' || Chocolatey Cake || Solo ||[[Prakash Prabhakar]] || Hindi film
|| ''[[Flat 211]]'' || Chocolatey Cake || Solo ||[[Prakash Prabhakar]]||  
|-
|-
|| ''[[A Gentleman]]''|| Bandook Meri Laila || [[Jigar Saraiya]], Rap: [[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]], [[Sidharth Malhotra]] ||[[Sachin-Jigar]] ||  
|| ''[[A Gentleman]]''|| Bandook Meri Laila || [[Jigar Saraiya]], Rap: [[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]], [[Sidharth Malhotra]] ||[[Sachin–Jigar]] ||  
|-
|-
|| ''[[Guest iin London]]''|| Dil Mera || [[Shahid Mallya]], [[Prakriti Kakar]] ||[[Raghav Sachar]] ||  
|| ''[[Guest iin London]]''|| Dil Mera || [[Shahid Mallya]], [[Prakriti Kakar]] ||[[Raghav Sachar]] ||  
|-
|-
||2018 || ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'' || Nazar Na Lag Jaaye || Sachin-Jigar ||Sachin-Jigar ||  
|| ''[[Tu Hai Mera Sunday]]'' ||Yeh Mera Mann
|rowspan=2|Solo || [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]] ||
|-
||2018 || ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'' || Nazar Na Lag Jaaye ||Sachin–Jigar ||
|-
||2019 || ''[[Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas]]'' ||Ho Ja Awara || [[Monali Thakur]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tanishk Bagchi]] ||
|-
|rowspan=4|2020|| ''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'' || Tere Siva ||Renessa Das
|[[Amazon Prime Video]] film
|-
||''[[Kaamyaab]]''|| Paaon Bhari || Solo || [[Rachita Arora]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Ludo (film)|Ludo]]'' || Meri Tum Ho
|rowspan=2|[[Jubin Nautiyal]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pritam]]
|rowspan=2|[[Netflix]] film
|-
||Meri Tum Ho (Unplugged)
|-
||2021|| ''[[Radhe (2021 film)|Radhe]]'' || Zoom Zoom ||Iulia Vantur ||[[Sajid–Wajid]] ||[[Zee5]] film
|-
|rowspan=3|2022||''[[Ravaan (2022 film)|Raavan]]'' || You Are My Love ||Solo ||Savvy Gupta|| Bengali film
|-
|''[[Bhediya (film)|Bhediya]]'' || Thumkeshwari || Rashmeet Kaur, [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]], Sachin-Jigar || Sachin-Jigar ||
|-
| ''[[Maja Ma]]''|| Ae pagli || [[Prakriti Kakkar]]||Gourov Dasgupta||[[Amazon Prime Video]] film
|-
||2023 || ''[[Chatrapathi (2023 film)|Chatrapathi]]'' || Sukhriya|| [[Palak Muchhal]] || Tanishk Bagchi||  
|-
|-
||2019 || ''[[Oriplast Originals]]'' || Ami Shudhu Tomar (আমি শুধু তোমার) || Solo || [[Ajay Singha]] || Bengali Album
||2024 || ''[[Merry Christmas (2024 film)|Merry Christmas]]'' || Merry Christmas Title Track ||Solo || Pritam ||
|-
|-
||2020|| ''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'' || Tere Siva ||Renessa Das ||[[Tanishk Bagchi]] ||
||2025 || ''[[Surprise (2025 film)|Surprise]]'' || Surprise Title Track ||Solo || [[Abhijit Vaghani]] || Gujarati Film, Lyrics - Maulin Parmar
|}
|}


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* Love Is Blind  
* Love Is Blind  
* Bad Romance Remix from [[Lady Gaga]] Just Dance Album with Lady Gaga, Lush, Wedis and Young Thoro
* Bad Romance Remix from [[Lady Gaga]] Just Dance Album with Lady Gaga, Lush, Wedis and Young Thoro
*''[[Deewaren: Unity Song for Holi]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Seven-Singers-Come-Together-this-Holi-to-Celebrate-Unity-with-Deewaren/articleshow/51513516.cms|title=Seven Singers Come Together this Holi to Celebrate Unity with Deewaren |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> ("Deewaren" along with [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Suraj Jagan]], [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Jonita Gandhi]]) (Single  Holy song by The Moody Nation)
* Revels, 2017 at [[Manipal Institute of Technology]].
* Revels, 2017 at [[Manipal Institute of Technology]].
* Kishmish, with QARAN & [[Momina Mustehsan]]
* Kishmish, with QARAN & [[Momina Mustehsan]]
* Haaye Oye – QARAN ft. Ash King
* Haaye Oye – QARAN ft. Ash King
* ''[[Oriplast Originals]]'' (Ami Shudhu Tomar along with  [[Ajay Singha]]) (Bengali Album)
*Slowly Slowly - Tannerwell & Ash King


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Not to be confused with Ash King (River City).

Ash King
Background information
Birth nameAshutosh Ganguly
BornLondon, England
GenresPop/Soul
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • composer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2009–present

Ashutosh Ganguly, better known by his stage name Ash King, is a British singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6.[1][2] He is a relative of prominent Indian singer Kishore Kumar. He has also sung the song "Carbon Copy" in the film Drishyam.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Ash King is from a family of musicians who has shaped his relationship with music. His grandfather Brajendra Lal Ganguly was the first Indian classical music teacher at Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's home and school Shantiniketan, and also a prominent freedom fighter for India and close ally of Subhas Chandra Bose and first cousin of Kishore Kumar's father.[3] King spent his childhood surrounded by celebrated musical artists with whom his father worked closely with. His father used to perform with Ravi Shankar in India back in the sixties. According to him, when he was very young, George Harrison visited their house at Wembley as he was into Indian classical music. His mother hails from Karamsad, Gujarat.[4]

He was influenced early on by joining a Gospel choir.

Career[edit | edit source]

His first Bollywood break was with A. R. Rahman on the film Delhi-6 which he recorded at Rahman's personal studio. Rahman invited King, to his London home after friends sang his praises. He was impressed with the 25-year-old's voice, he flew him to Chennai to record in his private studio. Since then he has gone on to sing Te Amo for the film Dum Maaro Dum, I Love You for the film Bodyguard and featured on Suno Aisha from the film Aisha.

Ash Featured on Lady Gaga's official single for Bad Romance on a remix of Just Dance, this was also used in the remix album and the Asian release of the album.[5]

Ash is also a prominent singer in the UK, having sung and co-written the song Love Is Blind which he sang with singer Ramzi and featured on the song Look For Me with Hard Kaur.[6] In 2011, Ash performed at some of the biggest events in the UK including performances at Glastonbury Festival for the BBC[7] and also performed on the main stage at the BBC London Mela.[8]

After 2011, in 2012 Ash was appointed for a Bengali song "Kothin" of Bojhena Shey Bojhena film. He also took part in MTV India's 'MTV Unplugged' – Series 2, with a whole episode dedicated to his hits. Other performers included A R Rahman, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan. In April 2013 he headlined a concert at the Southbank Centre in London, alongside Sufi/Bollywood singer Harshdeep Kaur.

Ash King
Ash King

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Song Name Co-Singer Composer Notes
2009 Delhi-6 Dil Gira Dafatan Chinmayi A. R. Rahman
2010 Aisha Suno Aisha Nakash Aziz, Amit Trivedi Amit Trivedi
2011 Dum Maaro Dum Te Amo (Duet) Sunidhi Chauhan Pritam
Te Amo (Remix)
Bodyguard I Love You Clinton Cerejo Nominated – IIFA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge Uh-Oh Uh-Oh! Shilpa Rao Raghu Dixit
Uh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0
2012 Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu Aunty Ji Bianca Gomes, Neuman Pinto, Fionas Pinto Amit Trivedi
Paanch Adhyay Phire Paoar Gaan Solo Shantanu Moitra Bengali Film
Oh My God! Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) Himesh Reshammiya
Rush Chup Chup Ke Muazzam, Rizwan Ali Khan Pritam
Hote Hote Hard Kaur
Bojhena Shey Bojhena Kothin Sayani Ghosh Arindom Chatterjee Bengali Film
2013 Shortcut Romeo Shortcut Romeo Solo Himesh Reshammiya
Baat Bann Gayi Naseeba Harpreet Singh
Dance Karna Sardar Ali
Sooper Se Ooper Behka Behka Teesha Nigam Sonu Nigam & Bickram Ghosh
2014 Heartless Mashooqana Arunima Bhattacharya Gaurav Dagaonkar
Savaari 2 Yello Mareyaagi Solo Manikanth Kadri Kannada Film
Humshakals Look into My Eyes Neeti Mohan Himesh Reshammiya
Bang Bang! Meherbaan Shilpa Rao, Shekhar Ravjiani Vishal–Shekhar
2015 I Tum Todo Naa (Male version) Sunidhi Chauhan A. R. Rahman
Tum Todo Naa (Female version) Bela Shende
Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey Ure Geche Monali Thakur Indradeep Dasgupta Bengali Film
Shudhu Tomari Jonyo Jeno Tomari Kache Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury Arindom Chatterjee
Dekhte Bou Bou Prashmita Paul
Drishyam Carbon Copy Solo Vishal Bhardwaj
2016 Hero 420 Chaichi Toke Savvy Gupta Indo-Bangladesh Film
Prem Ki Bujhini Ami Raji Madhubanti Bagchi
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Alizeh Arijit Singh Pritam
Saansein Mera Pyar Arijit Singh, Swati Sharma, Dev Negi, Joi Barua Vivek Kar
Ami Tomar Hote Chai Ei Tukro Premer Golpo Solo Shafiq Tuhin Bangladeshi Film
Fever
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh Aur Main Khush Hoon Clinton Cerejo
2017 Half Girlfriend Baarish Shashaa Tirupati Tanishk Bagchi
Ami Je Ke Tomar Bhalobeshe Felech Jonita Gandhi Indradeep Dasgupta Bengali film
Flat 211 Chocolatey Cake Solo Prakash Prabhakar
A Gentleman Bandook Meri Laila Jigar Saraiya, Rap: Raftaar, Sidharth Malhotra Sachin–Jigar
Guest iin London Dil Mera Shahid Mallya, Prakriti Kakar Raghav Sachar
Tu Hai Mera Sunday Yeh Mera Mann Solo Amartya Bobo Rahut
2018 Stree Nazar Na Lag Jaaye Sachin–Jigar
2019 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Ho Ja Awara Monali Thakur Tanishk Bagchi
2020 Coolie No. 1 Tere Siva Renessa Das Amazon Prime Video film
Kaamyaab Paaon Bhari Solo Rachita Arora
Ludo Meri Tum Ho Jubin Nautiyal Pritam Netflix film
Meri Tum Ho (Unplugged)
2021 Radhe Zoom Zoom Iulia Vantur Sajid–Wajid Zee5 film
2022 Raavan You Are My Love Solo Savvy Gupta Bengali film
Bhediya Thumkeshwari Rashmeet Kaur, Divya Kumar, Sachin-Jigar Sachin-Jigar
Maja Ma Ae pagli Prakriti Kakkar Gourov Dasgupta Amazon Prime Video film
2023 Chatrapathi Sukhriya Palak Muchhal Tanishk Bagchi
2024 Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Title Track Solo Pritam
2025 Surprise Surprise Title Track Solo Abhijit Vaghani Gujarati Film, Lyrics - Maulin Parmar

Non-film[edit | edit source]

Accolades[edit | edit source]

Award Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.(s)
10th Mirchi Music Awards Male Vocalist of The Year "Baarish" from Half Girlfriend Nominated [10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Dum Maaro Dum". Bollywood Hungama. 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bodyguard". Bollywood Hungama. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Das, Mohua (12 June 2012). "Ashutosh tells us about Ash". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ash King wishes to make Gujarati music a global phenomenon". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' Deewaan Remix Featuring Ash King". Desi Hits. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ash King in the Spotlight". Naach. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ash King + Shammi Pithia – Until I Hit The Ground Glastonbury 2011". 11 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Mumzy Stranger and Ash King joined the London Mela line up". BBC Asian Network. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Seven Singers Come Together this Holi to Celebrate Unity with Deewaren". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nominations – Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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