Bappi Lahiri is the most loved and respected vocalist of popular culture. He is the senior-most and highly talented personality who performs his heart out every time he sings a song. His onstage and on-screen stage performances are just extraordinary and there’s no single doubt about it. He loves wearing gold heavy jewelry in abundance and that is why he is cherished as the Goldman of Bollywood. In this extract, we shall have a glimpse at the lesser-known facts of Bappi Lahiri.
Bappi Lahiri belonged to a household of musicians. His dad and mother were both accomplished and incredible musicians and vocalists.
On his mother’s side, Bappi was related to legendary singer Kishore Kumar who in return enabled him to find his way in the film enterprise.
A singer is what Bappi Lahiri always aspired to be and he learned the skills of playing the instrument tabla at the young age of three!
Bappi Lahiri was awarded by the House of Lords for his assistance to the NGO Justice for Widows.
Bappi Lahiri was the main song maker in Bollywood town to glorify and bring into prominence synthesized melody.
Understanding that he needed to make it huge in the movie industry, Bappi shifted to Bombay at the age of 19 years old.
He formulated a song for the movie Nanha Shikari in the year 1973 which was his main movie.
But it was Tahir Hussain’s movie Zakhmee that existed as a turning point in Bappi’s vocation. Lahiri was not only the movie’s song manager but also sang playback for it.
Bappi created a history when he vocalized a duet song with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar named “Nothing Is Impossible” for Zakhmee.
Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri evolved meaning for the disco period in Bollywood town bringing out hit after hit which is sung even today.
Bappi Lahiri also formulated several kinds of music for hits down south as well.
Bappi also co-operated with legendary British musician Biddu on various hits during the 80s.
(According to India times)