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{{short description|Indian musician}}
{{Distinguish|Ash King (River City)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ash King
| image = AshKing.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Ashutosh Ganguly
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = London, England
| origin =
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|composer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = Pop/[[Soul music|Soul]]
}}
'''Ashutosh Ganguly''', better known by his stage name '''Ash King''', is a [[British-Indian|British]] singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]]'s [[Delhi-6]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dum Maaro Dum|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14263/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027095247/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14263/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2010|date=17 March 2011|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bodyguard|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14340/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018094814/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/14340/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2010|date=29 July 2011 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> 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 Prize|Nobel]] laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s home and school [[Visva-Bharati University|Shantiniketan]], and also a prominent freedom fighter for India and close ally of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and first cousin of [[Kishore Kumar]]'s father.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120612/jsp/entertainment/story_15597443.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615182406/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120612/jsp/entertainment/story_15597443.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2012|title=Ashutosh tells us about Ash|first=Mohua|last=Das|date=12 June 2012|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Queen of Dandiya">{{cite news| title= Ash King wishes to make Gujarati music a global phenomenon|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Ash-King-wishes-to-make-Gujarati-music-a-global-phenomenon/articleshow/15044349.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>

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 (film)|Dum Maaro Dum]], ''I Love You'' for the film [[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]] and featured on ''Suno Aisha'' from the film [[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]].

Ash Featured on [[Lady Gaga]]'s official single for ''[[Bad Romance]]'' on a remix of ''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]'', this was also used in the remix album and the Asian release of the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' Deewaan Remix Featuring Ash King|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[Desi Hits]]|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417094605/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/lady-gaga-just-dance-deewaan-remix-featuring-ash-king-20091124|archive-date=17 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King in the Spotlight|url=http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|date=11 October 2011|publisher=Naach|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029235149/http://www.naachradio.com/#awp::2011/04/ash-king-is-in-the-spotlight/|archive-date=29 October 2016|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In 2011, Ash performed at some of the biggest events in the UK including performances at [[Glastonbury Festival]] for the [[BBC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash King + Shammi Pithia – Until I Hit The Ground Glastonbury 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32pzRtYIzU|date=11 October 2011|via=YouTube|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> and also performed on the main stage at the BBC London Mela.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Mumzy Stranger and Ash King joined the London Mela line up.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2011/londonmela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709071438/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/melas/2011/londonmela/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2011|date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[BBC Asian Network]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>

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]].
[[File:Ashking 1.jpg|Ash King|center|frameless|514x514px]]

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#ffc;"|
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Song Name
! Co-Singer
! Composer
! Notes
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Delhi-6]]'' || Dil Gira Dafatan || [[Chinmayi Sripada|Chinmayi]] ||[[A. R. Rahman]] ||
|-
| 2010 ||''[[Aisha (2010 film)|Aisha]]''|| Suno Aisha || [[Nakash Aziz]], [[Amit Trivedi]] ||[[Amit Trivedi]] ||
|-
| rowspan=5| 2011 || rowspan="2"|''[[Dum Maaro Dum (film)|Dum Maaro Dum]]'' || Te Amo (Duet) ||rowspan="2"| [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] ||rowspan="3"|[[Pritam]] ||
|-
|Te Amo (Remix)||
|-
| ''[[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]]'' || I Love You || [[Clinton Cerejo]] || Nominated – [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Awards]] for [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge]]'' || Uh-Oh Uh-Oh!
|rowspan=2|[[Shilpa Rao]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Raghu Dixit]] ||
|-
|Uh-Oh-Uh-Oh 2.0||
|-
| rowspan=6| 2012 || ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]'' || Aunty Ji || [[Bianca Gomes]], Neuman Pinto, Fionas Pinto||Amit Trivedi ||
|-
| ''[[Paanch Adhyay]]'' || Phire Paoar Gaan
|rowspan=2|Solo ||[[Shantanu Moitra]] || Bengali Film
|-
| ''[[OMG – Oh My God!|Oh My God!]]'' || Tu Hi Tu (Unplugged) ||[[Himesh Reshammiya]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rush (2012 film)|Rush]]'' || Chup Chup Ke || [[Muazzam]], Rizwan Ali Khan|| rowspan="2" |Pritam ||
|-
|Hote Hote || [[Hard Kaur]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bojhena Shey Bojhena]]'' || Kothin || [[Sayani Ghosh]] ||[[Arindom Chatterjee]] || Bengali Film
|-
| rowspan=4| 2013 || ''[[Shortcut Romeo]]'' || Shortcut Romeo
|rowspan=2|Solo ||Himesh Reshammiya ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Baat Bann Gayi]]'' || Naseeba ||rowspan="2"|Harpreet Singh ||
|-
|Dance Karna || Sardar Ali ||
|-
| ''[[Sooper Se Ooper]]'' || Behka Behka || [[Teesha Nigam]] ||[[Sonu Nigam]] & [[Bickram Ghosh]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4| 2014 || ''[[Heartless (2014 film)|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 (song)|Meherbaan]] || [[Shilpa Rao]], [[Shekhar Ravjiani]] || [[Vishal–Shekhar]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2015 || rowspan="2"|''[[I (2015 film)|I]]'' || Tum Todo Naa (Male version) || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || rowspan="2"|A. R. Rahman ||
|-
|Tum Todo Naa (Female version) || [[Bela Shende]] ||
|-
| ''[[Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey]]'' || Ure Geche|| [[Monali Thakur]] ||[[Indradeep Dasgupta]] ||rowspan="3"|Bengali Film
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shudhu Tomari Jonyo]]'' || Jeno Tomari Kache || [[Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury]] ||rowspan="2"|Arindom Chatterjee
|-
|Dekhte Bou Bou || [[Prashmita Paul]]
|-
|[[Drishyam (2015 film)|''Drishyam'']]
|Carbon Copy
|rowspan=2|Solo
|[[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
|
|-
|rowspan=7|2016||''[[Hero 420]]'' || Chaichi Toke ||rowspan="2"|[[Savvy Gupta]] || rowspan="2"|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
|rowspan=3|Solo ||[[Shafiq Tuhin]] || Bangladeshi Film
|-
|| ''[[Fever (2016 film)|Fever]]'' || Look Look (Fever)| ||
|-
|| ''[[Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh]]''||Aur Main Khush Hoon|| [[Clinton Cerejo]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6"|2017|| ''[[Half Girlfriend (film)|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 (rapper)|Raftaar]], [[Sidharth Malhotra]] ||[[Sachin–Jigar]] ||
|-
|| ''[[Guest iin London]]''|| Dil Mera || [[Shahid Mallya]], [[Prakriti Kakar]] ||[[Raghav Sachar]] ||
|-
|| ''[[Tu Hai Mera Sunday]]'' ||Yeh Mera Mann
|rowspan=2|Solo || [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]] ||
|-
||2018 || ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'' || Nazar Na Lag Jaaye ||Sachin–Jigar ||
|-
||2019 || ''[[Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas]]'' ||Ho Ja Awara || [[Monali Thakur]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tanishk Bagchi]] ||
|-
|rowspan=4|2020|| ''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'' || Tere Siva ||Renessa Das
|[[Amazon Prime Video]] film
|-
||''[[Kaamyaab]]''|| Paaon Bhari || Solo || [[Rachita Arora]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Ludo (film)|Ludo]]'' || Meri Tum Ho
|rowspan=2|[[Jubin Nautiyal]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pritam]]
|rowspan=2|[[Netflix]] film
|-
||Meri Tum Ho (Unplugged)
|-
||2021|| ''[[Radhe (2021 film)|Radhe]]'' || Zoom Zoom ||Iulia Vantur ||[[Sajid–Wajid]] ||[[Zee5]] film
|-
|rowspan=3|2022||''[[Ravaan (2022 film)|Raavan]]'' || You Are My Love ||Solo ||Savvy Gupta|| Bengali film
|-
|''[[Bhediya (film)|Bhediya]]'' || Thumkeshwari || Rashmeet Kaur, [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]], Sachin-Jigar || Sachin-Jigar ||
|-
| ''[[Maja Ma]]''|| Ae pagli || [[Prakriti Kakkar]]||Gourov Dasgupta||[[Amazon Prime Video]] film
|-
||2023 || ''[[Chatrapathi (2023 film)|Chatrapathi]]'' || Sukhriya|| [[Palak Muchhal]] || Tanishk Bagchi||
|-
||2024 || ''[[Merry Christmas (2024 film)|Merry Christmas]]'' || Merry Christmas Title Track ||Solo || Pritam ||
|-
||2025 || ''[[Surprise (2025 film)|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]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Seven-Singers-Come-Together-this-Holi-to-Celebrate-Unity-with-Deewaren/articleshow/51513516.cms|title=Seven Singers Come Together this Holi to Celebrate Unity with Deewaren |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> ("Deewaren" along with [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shaan (singer)|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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award Ceremony
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.(s)
|-
| [[10th Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year|Male Vocalist of The Year]]
| "[[Baarish (song)|Baarish]]" from ''[[Half Girlfriend (film)|Half Girlfriend]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2017/nominations/|title=Nominations – Mirchi Music Awards 2017|website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ashking.com Official Web Site for Ash King]
* {{IMDb name|3939840}}
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Mohit Raj at 00:44, 8 January 2026