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 movie Drishyam.
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 Ash King | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ashutosh Ganguly |
| Born | 3 August 1980 London, England |
| Genres | Pop/Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer composer songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Personal life
editAsh 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 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
editHis 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.
Filmography
edit| 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, Piyush Kapoor, 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 |
Non-film
edit- Look For Me
- Take It Easy
- Love Is Blind
- Bad Romance Remix from Lady Gaga Just Dance Album with Lady Gaga, Lush, Wedis and Young Thoro
- Deewaren: Unity Song for Holi[9] ("Deewaren" along with Sukhwinder Singh, Shaan, Javed Ali, Suraj Jagan, Kunal Ganjawala, Jonita Gandhi) (Single Holy song by The Moody Nation)
- Revels, 2017 at Manipal Institute of Technology.
- Kishmish, with QARAN & Momina Mustehsan
- Haaye Oye – QARAN ft. Ash King
- Oriplast Originals (Ami Shudhu Tomar along with Ajay Singha) (Bengali Album)
Accolades
edit| 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- ^ "Dum Maaro Dum". Bollywood Hungama. 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Bodyguard". Bollywood Hungama. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Das, Mohua (12 June 2012). "Ashutosh tells us about Ash". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Ash King wishes to make Gujarati music a global phenomenon". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ash King in the Spotlight". Naach. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Ash King + Shammi Pithia – Until I Hit The Ground Glastonbury 2011". 11 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Mumzy Stranger and Ash King joined the London Mela line up". BBC Asian Network. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Seven Singers Come Together this Holi to Celebrate Unity with Deewaren". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Nominations – Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
