Abhishek Ray is an Indian

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, playback singer, instrumentalist, music arranger, and producer working in

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. He is known for having composed the music and done playback vocals for popular and award-winning Bollywood films such as: ''

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'', Welcome Back, ''

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster ''Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster'' (; ) is a 2011 Indian romantic thriller film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia with screenwriter Sanjay Chauhan and starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahi Gill, and Randeep Hooda in lead roles. It is the first installment of '' ...

'',

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, '' I Am Kalam'', '' Shagird'', ''

Chaar Din Ki Chandni ''Chaar Din Ki Chandni'' () is a 2012 Hindi romantic comedy film directed and produced by Samir Karnik. The film stars Tusshar Kapoor and Kulraj Randhawa in the lead roles while Anupam Kher, Om Puri and Anita Raj appear in supporting roles. It ...

'',

Prem Mayee ''Prem Mayee'' is a film about a woman, who takes way too long to realize who she really is and what is it that she wants from love, life and marriage. Cast * Chandrachur Singh as Arun * Shreya Narayan as Payal * Chitrashi Rawat as Shrishti * ...

, '' Thoondil'', ''

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'', and '' Tera Kya Hoga Johnny''. Apart from original music, his wildlife preservation and restoration efforts have been recognised across the world and he has been recently awarded with the '"Swabhiman Bharat "' for rewilding an entire hill as wild tiger-leopard corridor. Ray is known to have invested all his savings in creating the famous Sitabani Wildlife Reserve, India's first private wildlife reserve with wild

tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ...

and

leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia ...

presence and home to about 600

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species. Ray has composed and sung for solo albums like ''Udaas Paani,'' ''Raat Chand Aur Main,'' Kab aate ho with the legendary poet

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. In May 2016, he launched a music label called ''AR Productions'' with a set of seven classic singles written by the lyricist

featuring singers like

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, Hariharan,

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and

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. Ray has many other world music albums to his credit like Jaisalmer-Call of the desert, Symphonies of the Taj'', Echoes of Khajuraho' , Ritu: The Magic of the Six Indian Seasons'',''Raga Rendezvous''. He composed "Aye Jahaan Aasmaan", the concerto of love with a hundred piece live orchestra and the voices of

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and

. This song won the best song of the year at

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2017 and his song Yeh Dil Ajeeb Hai written by

and sung by Hariharan simultaneously won the nomination in the same category. He has also composed music for numerous documentaries like ''The Maharaja Of Jodhpur: The Legacy Lives On'' for which he received the 2006 Indian Telly Award for best Music. Others include ''The Shiamans Of The Himalayas'', ''Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh'', ''Forced to Kill'', and ''Nirvana'' for the Discovery Channel. He began his career composing and singing for TV shows and advertisements. Ray sings, composes, arranges, and mixes his songs and film scores. He works out of his recording studios in Versova,

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and Asiad Village, New Delhi. He plays instruments including the piano, electronic keyboards, accordion, wavedrum, conga, thumba, darbouka, electronic drum, and bass. Ray is also a naturalist and a bonafide government tiger and leopard tracker. He runs his own wildlife reserve next to Corbett National Park called the Sitabani Wildlife Reserve. He is known to have invested all that he earned from

into rewilding an entire barren hill into dense forest. Today Sitabani Wildlife Reserve is known for wild

Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the ''Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...

and

Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia ...

presence. He is also the composer singer of India's national anthem on tiger conservation.

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Abhishek Ray as playback singer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Abhishek Bollywood playback singers Living people Musicians from Mumbai Indian male playback singers Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Kolkata