Rishiking

Hrishikesh Pandey (born 16 May 1992) better known by his stage name Rishiking is an Indian music composer, rapper, filmmaker and screenwriter. Rishiking is the founder of the motion picture production 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 Government of India. 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 Swachh Bharat Mission to make people aware through music, which included Bollywood singer Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali, Payal Dev and Dev Negi.

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