Veteran singer-music director Bappi Lahiri passed away in Mumbai late on Tuesday night. He was 69 and breathed his last in the Criticare Hospital where he was admitted for certain post-Covid issues.
Prominent Bollywood personalities have expressed shock and condoled the demise of Lahiri, who was fondly known as ‘Bappi Da’ in the industry.
The singer’s last appearance on the screen was with Salman Khan on reality show Bigg Boss 15, where he was promoting his grandson Swastik’s new song ‘Baccha Party’.
On Bigg Boss 15, Bappi Lahiri joked about his original name, and the name of his son.
After introducing Bappi Lahiri on his show, Salman Khan had said, “Pehli baar Bappi da aaye hain Bigg Boss me. Bahut kam log jaante hain ki Bappi da ka actual naam Alokesh hai (This is the first time you have visited Bigg Boss. Not many know that Bappi da’s actual name is Alokesh).”
Bappi Lahiri then joked, “My son’s name is Arunesh. Iske baad jo bhi hoga (the one to be born next will be named), suitcase,” leaving Salman Khan in splits.
Salman Khan then welcomed Bappi’s grandson Rego aka Swastik Lahiri. Swastik is the son of Bappi Lahiri’s daughter Rema Lahiri.
Born in West Bengal, Lahiri first composed music for a Bengali film ‘Daadu’ and launched his Bollywood career with a film, ‘Nanha Shikari’.
He shot to global fame with his chartbusting music for “Disco Dancer” and the song ‘Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja, Aaja…”, and later the superhit music for “Zakhmee”, “Lahu Ke Do Rang”.
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