Bappi Lahiri Birth Anniversary: Did you know his name is in Guinness Book of World Records? – FilmyVoice
Generally known as the ‘Disco King’ of the Indian music business, Bappi Lahiri’s contributions to the music business have been etched into our hearts. On the event of his delivery anniversary, let’s run by means of the pages of his wonderful life. One lesser-known reality in regards to the evergreen persona is that he held a Guinness World document!
Bappi Da, as he was fondly addressed, made greater than 9,000 songs throughout his time within the business. And, 1986 occurred to be his yr. In 1986, Bappi Da sang 180 songs in 33 movies which received him within the Guinness Ebook of World Information!
Actually, his well-known tune ‘Jimmy Jimmy Aa Jaa’ holds the world document for being dubbed in 45 overseas languages. Most just lately, the tune grew to become the brand new anthem for folks in China to protest Covid lockdowns.
A number of movies went viral on TikTok and different social media platforms by which Chinese language going through the lockdowns are seen utilizing Bappi Da’s monitor to precise their anger and frustration over the nation’s stringent zero-COVID coverage. One other lesser-known reality about him is his stint in politics. Bappi Da joined the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) on January 31 2014, within the presence of Rajnath Singh, the then-national President of the Bharatiya Janata Get together, to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha election. He was made a BJP candidate from Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 2014, nevertheless, the musician misplaced to Kalyan Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress.
Born as Alokesh Lahiri on November 27, 1952, in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, he was a part of a household with a wealthy custom in classical music. His father, Aparesh Lahiri was a well-known Bengali singer and his mom, Banshori Lahiri, was a musician-singer who was well-versed in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. He was their solely little one. On the mere age of three, Bappi Da began to play the desk and went on to continue to learn completely different devices like saxophone and guitar. His maternal uncle, legendary Indian singer Kishore Kumar, alongside along with his mother and father have been an enormous a part of making music such an indispensable a part of Bappi Da’s life.
After initially being skilled by his mother and father, he obtained his first alternative in a Bengali movie, ‘Daadu’ (1972) on the age of 19. The primary Hindi movie for which he composed music was ‘Nanha Shikari’ (1973) and his first Hindi composition was ‘Tu Hello Mera Chanda’ sung by Mukesh. In late 2016, Bappi Da lent his voice to the character of Tamatoa within the Hindi-dubbed model of Disney’s 3D animated fantasy journey movie ‘Moana’. For the movie, he additionally composed and sang ‘Shona’, the Hindi model of ‘Shiny’. This was his first time dubbing for an animated character. On the 63rd Filmfare Awards, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. (ANI)
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