Any fans of BappiDa ? . . . . Happy 62nd Birthday to Bappi Lahiri today on November 27th 2014 ! Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri was born on 27th November 1952 in Kolkata into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father, Aparesh Lahiri, was a famous Bengali singer and his mother, Bansari Lahiri, was a musician and a singer who was well-versed in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. He is their only child.At a very early age, he had the ambition to become internationally famous. He began to play the tabla at the age of three. His maternal relatives include Kishore Kumar and the S. Mukherjee clan. Initially he was trained by his parents. He moved to Mumbai when he was 19. The first film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The turning point of his career was Tahir Husains Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975), for which he composed music and doubled as a playback singer. He sang a duet with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar called Nothing Is Impossible for the same film. The songs of his next film, Chalte Chalte (1976), became hits. With Ravikant Nagaichs Surakksha his singing and music became even more popular. He was the fittest musician for Mithun Chakrabortys disco dance-based films. Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri became synonyms of Indian disco culture in the 1980s. He also scored music for many Hindi films produced from South India. He is called Disco King around India. Along with Biddu, Bappi Lahiri popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour. Most of his songs would be rendered by singers Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar into the music industry. He also used Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup extensively for his compositions.He created hits with South Indian singer S. Janaki also. Some of his music has often been sampled by international musicians, such as Dr. Dre, Truth Hurts, and Prodigy, among others. His Disco Dancer (1982) soundtrack has influenced songs by artists such as Charanjit Singh, Devo, Ruki Vverh!, and M.I.A.. His most widely sampled song is Come Closer from Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984), which has been sampled by various musicians in recent years, including Dabrye, A.G., Planet Asia, Zooby Zooby Dance Dance Kutmasta Kurt, Masta Ace, eMC, Edu Kehäkettunen, Stig Dogg, and Onra. Throughout his career Lahiri has been accused of plagiarizing music produced by other composers without giving them any credit or royalties.Conversely, in one instance, portions of his song Thoda Resham Lagta Hai were included in a 2002 single Addictive by American R&B singer Truth Hurts. Copyright holders Saregama India, Ltd. sued Interscope Records and its parent company, Universal Music Group to the tune of more than $500 million. A Los Angeles federal judge subsequently barred further sales of the CD unless and until Lahiri was listed on the songs credits. Lahiri disappeared from the Indian film industry in the 1990s. He made a brief comeback in the Prakash Mehra produced Dalal starring Mithun Chakraborty. The song Gutur Gutur from the film was a big hit, though it had its share of controversies due to its suggestive lyrics. In 2004, he brought out his album Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix, featuring popular numbers such as Gori Hai Kalaiyan and Jimmy Jimmy. It attained great popularity. In 2005, he composed the background score for the Jahnu Barua film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara, thus reaffirming his identity as a very versatile composer. In 2006, he lent his voice to another composer for the first time with the song Boombai Nagariya which he sang for Vishal-Shekhar for the movie Taxi Number 9211. Of late, he has once again lent his voice to the title track of the Mani Ratnam film Guru, in which the music has been composed by A.R.Rahman. He has recorded songs for the movie Level Crossing produced by actor Jayaprada. In 2006, he appeared on the popular television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on Zee TV as co-judge with singers Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet. He was a judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TVs Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Sony Entertainment Televisions K For Kishore reality show that aims to find the heir apparent to Kishore Kumar. In 2010 Lahiri was back with I am a disco dancer in Golmaal 3 in his own voice. The track was from his previous film Disco Dancer. In 2011, he sung the song Ooo la la Ooo la lain the movie The Dirty Picture for Vishal-Shekhar, which cherishes his Disco image. In 2011, he released album Walking On Love Street featuring American Idol contestant Shaun Barrows. The album features on CMJs New Music Report Magazine charts, Week World Chart and WONY Oneonta, New York - Top Ten Jazz Playlist. Bappi Lahiri is married to Chitrani since January 24th 1977. They have two children- daughter Rema and son Bappa. He is very fond of jewelry and is usually seen wearing gold ornaments and dark glasses with a tracksuit. He has conducted live shows worldwide including the prestigious Madison Square Garden in New York in 1979, Royal Albert Hall in London, Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles & the Opera House in Sydney.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:02:04 +0000
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