Ridwan has been actively involved in the entertainment scene for quite a while doing mostly singing and composing. In 1995 he won ‘The New Paper’ Singapore National Day Jingle competition. Since then he has been performing in a lot of events namely singing. His song ‘Impian’ or ‘Aspirations’ was selected to represent Wataboshi Asia Music Festival at the Singapore Esplanade in 2002. Then again in 2004 his song ‘People of the World’ was selected to represent Singapore for the Wataboshi Asia Music Festival in Shanghai Concert Hall in which he won Best Song. In 2005 his song ‘Forever Love’ and ‘Hologram’ won 3rd Place in the Yamaha Asian Beat which he perform with his band Fortissimo. In 2006 his song ‘Closer to You’ was the finalist for World Battle of the Bands which was held in Singapore with his band De-Ataq.
Recently in November 2009 he completed shooting a US/China movie production called ‘The Blood Bond’ which is shot entirely in Nanhai, China.In the movie he was casted as Brando (supporting role) in which he acted alongside Simon Yam (Ren Da Hua) as his sidekick. The movie was directed by Hollywood actor Micheal Biehn of Terminator, Aliens 2, The Abyss and The Rock whom also acted in the movie.
And due to his military background back in Singapore he was also a ppointed as the Gun Wrangler/Armourer, Military Tactical Advisor and the gunfight sequence Dialouge Editor for the movie ‘The Blood Bond’.