Mumbai, Feb 17: Singer-composer and the DISCO(genre) Song fame Bappi Lahiri, in Indian cinema during the 80s and 90s, died following multiple health issues on Tuesday night at a Hospital in Juhu.
As per a statement, the family members mentioned that the last rites of the late music composer will be performed by Bappi’s son Bappa Lahiri.
On Thursday morning, Bappa and his family were snapped grief-stricken at the Mumbai airport as they made their way home.
Meanwhile, Lahiri’s death was mourned by many in the film industry, who remembered the artiste for introducing a new style of music in Bollywood and his collaborators.
In September last year, Lahiri had dismissed reports that he had lost his voice, calling such rumours disheartening. The singer-composer, a familiar figure for many with his trademark gold chains that he wore for luck and his sunglasses, was known for his songs in several films of the late 70s-80s. These included Chalte Chalte, Disco Dancer and Sharaabi.
“The last rites will be held at Pawan Hans crematorium in Juhu,” Lahiri’s son-in-law Govind Bansal told. The musician last worked on Ganpati Bappa Morya in September 2021. He gave the music to the devotional song, voiced by the US-based Indian singer Anuradha Juju Palakurthi.
Born Alokesh Lahiri, the music composer is credited as a pioneer of synthesised disco music in Indian cinema during 1970s to 1990s with songs like- I am a disco dancer, Jimmy Jimmy, Pag ghunghroo, Intehan ho gayi, Tamma Tamma Loge, Yaar bina chain kahan re, Aaj rapat jaaye to and Chalte Chalte, among others.
In the 2000s, Lahiri lent his voice to hit songs like Bambai Nagariya from Taxi No 9211 (2006), Ek lo ek muft from Guru (2007) and the hot-sensational-humming Ooh La La from The Dirty Picture (2011).
