Veteran music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri died in Mumbai today. He was 69.
Known as the ‘Disco King’ , Lahiri popularised disco music in the country in the 80’s and 90’s. He died after multiple health issues at CritiCare Hospital.
His death comes days after India lost its ‘nightingale’ Lata Mangeshkar. After the iconic singer’s death, Lahiri had posted a heartfelt tribute on Instagram with an old monochrome photograph of them.
Captioned ‘Maa!’, the photo is from Lahiri’s childhood when he met Mangeshkar. Dressed in a saree, Lata Mangeshkar smiles as she holds a young (around 8-10 years old) Lahiri in her lap.
Both singers had worked on several projects together. Some popular songs on which Lahiri and Mangeshkar collaborated on are ‘Kaliyon ka chaman’, ‘Aao tumhe chand pe le jaye’ and ‘Dil tha akela’.
Lata Mangeshkar died on February 6 from Covid related complications at the age of 92.
Bappi Lahiri had tested positive for Covid and was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital (the Mumbai hospital where Lata Mangeshkar died) last month. He had recovered after a few days.
Lahiri was known for his flamboyant style and wearing lots of gold jewellery, a prized possession of his that he was known to gift people routinely.
He is best known for frequent collaborations with ‘Disco Dancer’ Mithun Chakraborty. His major works in films include "Wardat", "Disco Dancer", "Namak Halaal", "Dance Dance", "Commando", "Saheb", "Gang Leader", "Sailaab" and "Sharaabi".
Born Alokesh Lahiri in West Bengal, Bappi Lahiri’s maternal uncle was legendary singer Kishore Kumar. Lahiri is survived by his wife Chitrani and children Bappa and Rema.
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