Hrishikesh Pandey (born 16 May 1992) better known by his stage name Rishiking is an Indian

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and screenwriter. Rishiking is the founder of the motion picture

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company Mahagatha and Director of Folk Culture India Association. He is the creative director of International Film Festival of Madhya Pradesh IFFMP. His films and songs have a mixture of awareness and solutions for the society that brought him recognition and praise from the

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. He changed the way of rapping in India and gave new direction to the society through rap. He along with P Narahari IAS launched the musical program Swachhta Ke Sur in 2020 under

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to make people aware through music, which included

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singer Shaan,

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and

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. Rishiking, as he is known to friends and colleagues claims to be a self-made professional and has learned the craft on his own.

Career

Rishiking began his career as a teacher and after a year he moved to the creative department at own advertising agency and gradually established himself as a director and producer of ad films.

Music career

Rishiking started his music career with singer Shaan in 2016 with a song "School Chale Hum". And also in the year 2016 Rishiking made

Ho Halla "Ho Halla" is an Indore Swachhta Anthem song for the 2017 edition of Swachh Survekshan (''Cleanliness Survey''), sung by shaan (singer), Shaan, composed by Rishiking and conceived by Parikipandla Narahari, an IAS Officer serving as the district ...

a swatchhta anthem song for Indore city together with P Narahari IAS, which was sung again by Shaan and it was the biggest hit to make Indore's people aware towards cleanness and by this cleanness movement

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

got the number one tag for cleanness across all over India. After the success of ho halla song and to celebrate the title of Number one clean city of India, Indore was decided to make this success memorable so far that a live musical concert held by

Indore Municipal Corporation Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

on 23 December 2017 In this concert Rishiking introduce himself as a rapper with the company of singer Shaan on the same stage.

Filmography

Discography

Hindi Songs

Telugu Songs

References

External links

* * Indian male composers Indian rappers Indian record producers Jingle composers Film directors from Madhya Pradesh 1992 births Living people {{India-composer-stub