Ash King | |
Birth Name: | Ashutosh Ganguly |
Birth Date: | 1980 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Occupation: | Singer composer songwriter |
Years Active: | 2009–present |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Genre: | Pop/Soul |
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.
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 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.
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.
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Song Name | Co-Singer | Composer | Notes | |
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2009 | Delhi-6 | Dil Gira Dafatan | ||||
2010 | Aisha | Suno Aisha | ||||
2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | Te Amo (Duet) | ||||
Bodyguard | I Love You | Nominated – IIFA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer | ||||
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge | Uh-Oh Uh-Oh! | |||||
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 | Bengali Film | |||
Oh My God! | Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) | |||||
Rush | Chup Chup Ke | Muazzam, Rizwan Ali Khan | Pritam | |||
Hote Hote | ||||||
Bojhena Shey Bojhena | Kothin | 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 | |||||
2014 | Heartless | Mashooqana | Arunima Bhattacharya | |||
Savaari 2 | Yello Mareyaagi | Solo | Kannada Film | |||
Humshakals | Look into My Eyes | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
Bang Bang! | ||||||
2015 | I | Tum Todo Naa (Male version) | A. R. Rahman | |||
Tum Todo Naa (Female version) | ||||||
Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey | Ure Geche | Bengali Film | ||||
Shudhu Tomari Jonyo | Jeno Tomari Kache | Arindom Chatterjee | ||||
Dekhte Bou Bou | Prashmita Paul | |||||
Drishyam | Carbon Copy | Solo | Vishal Bhardwaj | |||
2016 | Hero 420 | Chaichi Toke | Indo-Bangladesh Film | |||
Prem Ki Bujhini | Ami Raji | Madhubanti Bagchi | ||||
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Alizeh | Pritam | ||||
Saansein | Mera Pyar | |||||
Ami Tomar Hote Chai | Ei Tukro Premer Golpo | Solo | Bangladeshi Film | |||
Fever | Look Look (Fever) | |||||
Kahaani 2 | Aur Main Khush Hoon | |||||
2017 | Half Girlfriend | Baarish | ||||
Ami Je Ke Tomar | Bhalobeshe Felech | Indradeep Dasgupta | Bengali film | |||
Flat 211 | Chocolatey Cake | Solo | Prakash Prabhakar | |||
A Gentleman | Bandook Meri Laila | |||||
Guest iin London | Dil Mera | |||||
Tu Hai Mera Sunday | Yeh Mera Mann | Solo | ||||
2018 | Stree | Nazar Na Lag Jaaye | Sachin–Jigar | |||
2019 | Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas | Ho Ja Awara | Monali Thakur | |||
2020 | Coolie No. 1 | Tere Siva | Renessa Das | Amazon Prime Video film | ||
Kaamyaab | Paaon Bhari | Solo | ||||
Ludo | Meri Tum Ho | Pritam | Netflix film | |||
Meri Tum Ho (Unplugged) | ||||||
2021 | Radhe | Zoom Zoom | Iulia Vantur | 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 | Tanishk Bagchi | |||
2024 | Merry Christmas | Merry Christmas Title Track | Solo | Pritam |