Bappi Lahiri Cremation Date: Bappi Lahiri’s cremation to be conducted on Thursday after son Bappa arrives from US, family releases statement – FilmyVoice
“It’s a deeply unhappy second for us. Our beloved Bappi Da has left for heavenly abode final midnight. The cremation will happen on arrival of Bappa From LA tomorrow mid morning. We’re looking for love and blessings for his soul. We are going to maintain you up to date,” the assertion learn. It was signed by Mrs Chitrani Lahiri, Mr Gobind Bansal, Bappa Lahiri and Rema Lahiri.
Bansal, who’s married to Lahiri’s daughter Rema, advised
PTI that the final rites will likely be held on the Pawan Hans crematorium in Juhu on Thursday. Bappa is anticipated to land in Mumbai round midday on Thursday. Bappa, a musician himself, has been related to movies as effectively, and his Instagram bio lists him as based mostly in Los Angeles within the US.
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The 69-year-old musician died on Tuesday evening at Mumbai’s CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. The singer-composer, who popularised disco music in Indian cinema within the ’80s and ’90s, handed away following a number of well being points. Dr Deepak Namjoshi, director of the hospital, mentioned that the singer died attributable to OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) shortly earlier than midnight.
In September final 12 months, the singer had dismissed reviews that he had misplaced his voice, calling such rumours disheartening.
The composer’s final musical outing was in “Ganpati Bappa Morya” in September 2021. He gave the music to the devotional music, voiced by the US-based Indian singer Anuradha Juju Palakurthi. His final Bollywood music titled ‘Bhankas’ was for the 2020 movie “Baaghi 3”.
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Born as Alokesh Lahiri in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, the composer is credited as a pioneer of synthesised disco music in Indian cinema spanning 20 years. ‘I’m 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’ had been some numbers that catapaulted him into nationwide fame and adulation.
He additionally gave music to movies in Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati cinema.
Lahiri joined the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) in 2014. He contested from the Lok Sabha seat of Sreerampur however misplaced to Kalyan Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress.
