Bappi Lahiri
| Bappi Lahiri বাপি লাহিড়ী | |
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Lahiri in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alokesh Lahiri |
| Born |
27 November 1952 Jalpaiguri, India |
| Origin | Calcutta, India |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, music director, singer, actor, record producer |
| Instruments | Tabla, piano, drums, guitar, saxophone, bongos, dholak |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | BL Sound, Saregama, Venus Records & Tapes, T-Series, Tips Industries, Universal Music Group, Abbey Road Studios, Planet LA Records |
| Website | bappilahiri |
Alokesh "Bappi" Lahiri (born 27 November 1952) is an Indian music composer, music director, singer, actor, and record producer. He popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks like Wardat, Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal, Dance Dance, Commando, Gang Leader, Sailaab and Sharaabi among others.
Lahiri joined BJP in 2014. He was declared a BJP candidate from Srirampur in West Bengal for the Indian general election, 2014 and lost.
Lahiri was born in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. His parents, Aparesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahiri both from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal were famous Bengali singer and musician in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. He is their only child.
He began to play tabla at the age of 3. His maternal relatives include legendary singer Kishore Kumar who was his maternal uncle. Initially he was trained by his parents.
He moved to Mumbai when he was 19. He received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) and the first Hindi film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The first turning point of his career was Tahir Husain's 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.
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