A gifted tunesmith who was equally at ease in churning out Indian and western compositions, Bappi Lahiri had the talent to even put geniuses like R.D. Burman in the shade in his heyday.
Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022), a child prodigy from Bengal who rose to become the busiest music director in the 1980s, may have been stuck with the image of the undisputed ‘Disco King of Bollywood’ all through his career, but his repertoire indisputably underlines his versatility and vast range as a composer.
A gifted tunesmith who was equally at ease in churning out Indian and western compositions, he had the talent to even put geniuses like R.D. Burman in the shade in his heyday.
