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00:00Alokesh Lahiri popularly known as Bappi Lahiri was born on 27th November 1952 in Calcutta,
00:12West Bengal into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father Aparish Lahiri
00:20was a famous Bengali singer and his mother Bansari Lahiri was a musician and a singer who was well
00:28versed in classical music and Shama Sangeet. His parents trained him in every aspect of
00:36music. He was their only child. He began to play tabla at the age of three. He began his
00:45career as a music director at the young age of 19. He received his first opportunity in a cinema of
00:54West Bengal where he made Lada Mangeshka sing his composition. The first Hindi film for which he
01:02composed music was Nanha Shikari. Bappi Lahiri is married to Chitrani since 24th January 1977.
01:13They have two children, a daughter and a son. His daughter, Rema Lahiri, who is also a singer,
01:21got married to a businessman, Gobind Bansal in February 2009 and they have a son.
01:30His son, Bappa Lahiri, who also became a music director, got married to Tanisha Verma in April 2012.
01:40Though he was known for disco-style songs where he brought orchestration and fusion of Indian music
01:48with international sounds and youthful upbeat rhythms. Bappi Lahiri was popular in the late 1970s,
01:561980s and early 1990s for the film soundtracks composed by him.
02:04Bappi Lahiri is very fond of jewellery and is usually seen wearing ornaments and dark glasses
02:11with a drag suit. He won Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at 63rd Filmfare Awards.
02:21He joined BJP in 2014. He died on 15 February 2022, age 69. The cause of death was a lung infection
02:33caused by obstructive sleep apnea.
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