Ash King


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. He is a relative of prominent Indian singer Kishore Kumar. He has also sung the song "Carbon Copy" in the film Drishyam.

Personal life

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. 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.
He was influenced early on by joining a Gospel choir.

Career

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.
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. In 2011, Ash performed at some of the biggest events in the UK including performances at Glastonbury Festival for the BBC and also performed on the main stage at the BBC London Mela.
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

YearFilmSong NameCo-SingerComposerNotes
2009Delhi-6Dil Gira DafatanChinmayiA. R. Rahman
2010AishaSuno AishaNakash Aziz, Amit TrivediAmit Trivedi
2011Dum Maaro DumTe Amo Sunidhi ChauhanPritam
2011Dum Maaro DumTe Amo Sunidhi ChauhanPritam
2011BodyguardI Love YouClinton CerejoPritamNominated – IIFA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer
2011Mujhse Fraaandship KarogeUh-Oh Uh-Oh!Shilpa RaoRaghu Dixit
2011Mujhse Fraaandship KarogeUh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0Shilpa RaoRaghu Dixit
2012Ek Main Aur Ekk TuAunty JiBianca Gomes, Neuman Pinto, Fionas PintoAmit Trivedi
2012Paanch AdhyayPhire Paoar GaanSoloShantanu MoitraBengali Film
2012Oh My God!Tu Hi Tu SoloHimesh Reshammiya
2012RushChup Chup KeMuazzam, Rizwan Ali KhanPritam
2012RushHote HoteHard KaurPritam
2012Bojhena Shey BojhenaKothinSayani GhoshArindom ChatterjeeBengali Film
2013Shortcut RomeoShortcut RomeoSoloHimesh Reshammiya
2013Baat Bann GayiNaseebaSoloHarpreet Singh
2013Baat Bann GayiDance KarnaSardar AliHarpreet Singh
2013Sooper Se OoperBehka BehkaTeesha NigamSonu Nigam & Bickram Ghosh
2014HeartlessMashooqanaArunima BhattacharyaGaurav Dagaonkar
2014Savaari 2Yello MareyaagiSoloManikanth KadriKannada Film
2014HumshakalsLook into My EyesNeeti MohanHimesh Reshammiya
2014Bang Bang!MeherbaanShilpa Rao, Shekhar RavjianiVishal–Shekhar
2015ITum Todo Naa Sunidhi ChauhanA. R. Rahman
2015ITum Todo Naa Bela ShendeA. R. Rahman
2015Parbona Ami Chartey TokeyUre GecheMonali ThakurIndradeep DasguptaBengali Film
2015Shudhu Tomari JonyoJeno Tomari KacheSomlata Acharyya ChowdhuryArindom ChatterjeeBengali Film
2015Shudhu Tomari JonyoDekhte Bou BouPrashmita PaulArindom ChatterjeeBengali Film
2015DrishyamCarbon CopySoloVishal Bhardwaj
2016Hero 420Chaichi TokeSoloSavvy GuptaIndo-Bangladesh Film
2016Prem Ki BujhiniAmi RajiMadhubanti BagchiSavvy GuptaIndo-Bangladesh Film
2016Ae Dil Hai MushkilAlizehArijit SinghPritam
2016SaanseinMera PyarArijit Singh, Swati Sharma, Dev Negi, Joi BaruaVivek Kar
2016Ami Tomar Hote ChaiEi Tukro Premer GolpoSoloShafiq TuhinBangladeshi Film
2016FeverSolo-
2016Kahaani 2: Durga Rani SinghAur Main Khush HoonSoloClinton Cerejo
2017Half GirlfriendBaarishShashaa TirupatiTanishk Bagchi
2017Ami Je Ke TomarBhalobeshe FelechJonita GandhiIndradeep DasguptaBengali film
2017Flat 211Chocolatey CakeSoloPrakash Prabhakar
2017A GentlemanBandook Meri LailaJigar Saraiya, Rap: Raftaar, Sidharth MalhotraSachin–Jigar
2017Guest iin LondonDil MeraShahid Mallya, Prakriti KakarRaghav Sachar
2017Tu Hai Mera SundayYeh Mera MannSoloAmartya Bobo Rahut
2018StreeNazar Na Lag JaayeSoloSachin–Jigar
2019Pal Pal Dil Ke PaasHo Ja AwaraMonali ThakurTanishk Bagchi
2020Coolie No. 1Tere SivaRenessa DasTanishk BagchiAmazon Prime Video film
2020KaamyaabPaaon BhariSoloRachita Arora
2020LudoMeri Tum HoJubin NautiyalPritamNetflix film
2020LudoMeri Tum Ho Jubin NautiyalPritamNetflix film
2021RadheZoom ZoomIulia VanturSajid–WajidZee5 film
2022RaavanYou Are My LoveSoloSavvy GuptaBengali film
2022BhediyaThumkeshwariRashmeet Kaur, Divya Kumar, Sachin-JigarSachin-Jigar
2022Maja MaAe pagli Prakriti KakkarGourov DasguptaAmazon Prime Video film
2023ChatrapathiSukhriyaPalak MuchhalTanishk Bagchi
2024Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas Title TrackSoloPritam
2025SurpriseSurprise Title TrackSoloAbhijit VaghaniGujarati Film, Lyrics - Maulin Parmar

Non-film