Ash King

Ash King (born Ashutosh Ganguly) is a singer, songwriter and composer of Bengali origin based in London. 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.

Ash King
Birth nameAshutosh Ganguly
(আশুতোষ গাঙ্গুলী)
Born (1980-08-03) 3 August 1980
London, England
GenresPop/Soul
Occupation(s)Singer
composer
songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2009–present

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 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. Music has always run in his family. His father used to perform with Ravi Shankar in India back in the sixties. He recalls that 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]

Influenced early on by joining a Gospel choir and listening to soul artists such as Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Luther Vandross, King's style and flavor deliver a sound that is easy on the ear and alluring even for those who aren't drawn to his specialized genre. However, you would be mistaken to think King's talents lie in just the one genre.

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.[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 prestigious '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 prestigious 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
2009Delhi-6Dil Gira DafatanChinmayiA. R. Rahman
2010AishaSuno AishaNakash Aziz, Amit TrivediAmit Trivedi
2011Dum Maaro DumTe Amo (Duet)Sunidhi ChauhanPritam
BodyguardI Love YouClinton CerejoNominated – IIFA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer
Mujhse Fraaandship KarogeUh-Oh Uh-Oh!Shilpa RaoRaghu Dixit
Uh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0Shilpa Rao
2012Ek Main Aur Ekk TuAunty JiBianca Gomes, Neuman Pinto, Piyush Kapoor, Fionas PintoAmit Trivedi
Paanch AdhyayPhire Paoar GaanSoloShantanu MoitraBengali Film
Oh My God!Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged)SoloHimesh Reshammiya
RushChup Chup KeMuazzam, Rizwan Ali KhanPritam
Hote HoteHard Kaur
Bojhena Shey BojhenaKothinSayani GhoshArindom ChatterjeeBengali Film
2013Shortcut RomeoShortcut RomeoSoloHimesh Reshammiya
Baat Bann GayiNaseebaSoloHarpreet Singh
Dance KarnaSardar Ali
Sooper Se OoperBehka BehkaTeesha NigamSonu Nigam & Bickram Ghosh
2014HeartlessMashooqanaArunima BhattacharyaGaurav Dagaonkar
Savaari 2Yello MareyaagiSoloManikanth KadriKannada Film
HumshakalsLook into My EyesNeeti MohanHimesh Reshammiya
Bang Bang!MeherbaanShilpa Rao, Shekhar RavjianiVishal-Shekhar
2015ITum Todo Naa (Male version)Sunidhi ChauhanA. R. Rahman
Tum Todo Naa (Female version)Bela Shende
Parbona Ami Chartey TokeyUre Geche Chinta Bhabna Ghum Mone Mone Ekdom Rong BaloonMonali ThakurIndradeep DasguptaBengali Film
Shudhu Tomari JonyoJeno Tomari KacheSomlata Acharyya ChowdhuryArindom Chatterjee
Dekhte Bou BouPrashmita Paul
2016Deewaren: Unity Song for Holi[9]DeewarenSukhwinder Singh, Shaan, Javed Ali, Suraj Jagan, Kunal Ganjawala, Jonita GandhiVinay JaiswalSingle by The Moody Nation
Hero 420Chaichi TokeSoloSavvyIndo-Bangladesh Film
Prem Ki BujhiniAmi RajiMadhubanti Bagchi
Ae Dil Hai MushkilAlizehArijit SinghPritam
SaanseinMera PyarArijit Singh, Swati Sharma, Dev Negi, Joi BaruaVivek Kar
Ami Tomar Hote ChaiEi Tukro Premer GolpoSoloShafiq TuhinBangladesh Film
2017Half GirlfriendBaarishShashaa TirupatiTanishk Bagchi
Ami Je Ke TomarBhalobeshe FelechJonita GandhiIndradeep DasguptaBengali film
Flat 211Chocolatey CakeSoloPrakash PrabhakarHindi film
A GentlemanBandook Meri LailaJigar Saraiya, Rap: Raftaar, Sidharth MalhotraSachin-Jigar
Guest iin LondonDil MeraShahid Mallya, Prakriti KakarRaghav Sachar
2018StreeNazar Na Lag JaayeSachin-JigarSachin-Jigar
2019Oriplast OriginalsAmi Shudhu Tomar (আমি শুধু তোমার)SoloAjay SinghaBengali Album

Non-film

Accolades
Award Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.(s)
10th Mirchi Music Awards Male Vocalist of The Year "Baarish" from Half Girlfriend Nominated [10]
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References
  1. "Dum Maaro Dum". Bollywood Hungama. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. "Bodyguard". Bollywood Hungama. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. Das, Mohua (12 June 2012). "Ashutosh tells us about Ash". The Telegraph.
  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. 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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