BAPPI LAHIRI
Birth name Alokesh Lahiri Born 27 November 1952 (1952-11-27) (age 58)
Origin Calcutta, West Bengal, India Genres Film score, Theatre Occupations
music director & singer Years active 1972–present
Website http://www.bappilahiri.com
Career history 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 L'il Champs on Zee TV as co-judge with singers Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet.He was a judge for the 2007
edition of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Sony Entertainment Television's 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. Bappi Lahiri is married and has two children. His wife is Chitrani, daughter Rema and
son Bappa. He is very fond of jewelry and is usually found wearing gold ornaments and black glasses with a tracksuit.Bappi.
D. Lahiri was born in Calcutta, West Bengal 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 was their only child.At a very early age, he had the ambition to become internationally famous. He
began to play the tabla at the tender age of three.