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 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 SingerMujhse 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 PintoAmit Trivedi Paanch Adhyay Phire Paoar GaanSolo Shantanu Moitra Bengali Film Oh My God! Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) Himesh Reshammiya Rush Chup Chup Ke Muazzam, Rizwan Ali KhanPritam Hote Hote Hard Kaur Bojhena Shey Bojhena Kothin Sayani Ghosh Arindom Chatterjee Bengali Film 2013 Shortcut Romeo Shortcut RomeoSolo 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 BhattacharyaGaurav 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 FilmShudhu Tomari Jonyo Jeno Tomari Kache Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury Arindom Chatterjee Dekhte Bou Bou Prashmita PaulDrishyamCarbon CopySoloVishal Bhardwaj2016Hero 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 GolpoSolo Shafiq Tuhin Bangladeshi Film Fever Kahaani 2: Durga Rani SinghAur 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 MannSolo Amartya Bobo Rahut 2018 Stree Nazar Na Lag Jaaye Sachin–Jigar 2019 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Ho Ja Awara Monali ThakurTanishk Bagchi 2020 Coolie No. 1 Tere Siva Renessa DasAmazon Prime Video filmKaamyaab Paaon Bhari Solo Rachita Arora Ludo Meri Tum Ho Jubin Nautiyal PritamNetflix filmMeri Tum Ho (Unplugged)2021 Radhe Zoom Zoom Iulia Vantur Sajid–Wajid Zee5 film2022Raavan You Are My Love Solo Savvy Gupta Bengali filmBhediya Thumkeshwari Rashmeet Kaur, Divya Kumar, Sachin-Jigar Sachin-Jigar Maja Ma Ae pagli Prakriti KakkarGourov DasguptaAmazon Prime Video film2023 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 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 ("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) Slowly Slowly - Tannerwell & Ash King

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