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Music is truly universal and has no boundaries.
Bappi Lahiri has an image that the public wants to see.
In India, women are respected the most. Mothers, wives, sisters, daughters.
Our poor kids are very talented.
Throughout my career I’ve never worried about who will be singing my song on the screen.
I am a disco king.
I was about 17 when I began my career.
Most of my jewellery is designed in South India. I pick out unique pieces in silver and then remake them in gold. None of my pieces are gifts; I make all my jewellery.
I know I am where I am today by the grace of God.
Abroad in Hollywood, I am called Bling Bling Bappi.
It’s in God’s hands when we come on this earth and when we leave.
At the age of 11, I started composing and my first composition was sung by my father.
Whatever I think, talk and do is because of the influence of God. My music is a tribute to Him. Whenever I compose any music, I try to reach God. I would advice all the budding musicians to do the same and see the difference. Thanks to Him, I am what i am today.
My father Apresh Lahiri and mother Bansari Lahiri were great composers of their time.
I’m Indian and proudly so.
The 80s was an outstanding era.
I want to bring forth the historical significance of Sreerampur and turn it into a tourism hub.
Everybody has dreams.
I feel very lucky that I got to work with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha didi and many more in the 1980s.
I still remember how we, all in the family, used to sit in front of the radio to listen to Ameen Sayani’s programme of top 10 songs ‘Binaka Geetmala’ in which I was constantly ranked number one for many weeks.
What keeps an artiste going is the adulation of the masses.
Lata Mangeshkar is an old friend. I knew her through my father Aparesh Lahiri who was a music director in Calcutta.
So many distinguished members of our film fraternity like Lalita Pawar, A K Hangal and OP Nayyar faced financial hardships before they passed away. We need to look after the old and vulnerable entertainers.
I told my father that I was not interested in studies. I was more interested in tabla, piano and other instruments. My father told me to complete school and then I could do music full-time.
There is no lack of talent in our country.
You can’t compare Lata Mangeshkar with anyone.
People laugh at me, and that’s fine. I laugh at myself, too.
From Amitabh Bachchan to Ranveer Singh, I have sung for different generations of actors.
People often complain that celebrities after joining politics are not seen once the polls are over. But I am not like them. I would work for development.
These gold chains and pendants I’ve been collecting from 1975. None of them are new and mostly – Hare Krishna Hare Rama, Ganpati, Satyanarayan, Hanuman – all god-related pendants.
My father, Aparesh Lahiri, was a musician too, and at a very young age, I was geared up for a career in music.
I’m the only composer who has scored for two-three generation of actors. Be it for Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan or Dharmendra, Sunny Deol or Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt – I have done it all.
There is a lot of talent in our slums.
The first film I gave music for was a Bengali film called ‘Dadu.’
I have always got gold from my family.
Original music is always appreciated.
My first was a Hare Rama Hare Krishna pendant bought in 1976. The other pendants I wear are Balaji from Tirupati, a pendant of my guruji Shri Krishna and Lord Ganpati.
My music is always good.
I am extremely lucky I have done so many songs with Lata Mangeshkar.
Ever since my childhood days in Kolkata, where I was born, I had seen my father interacting with Congressmen.
For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.
I owe 40 per cent of my success to films from the south like ‘Himmatwala,’ ‘Toofan,’ ‘Mawaali,’ ‘Maqsad,’ Tamil and Telegu films such as ‘Big Boss,’ ‘Apurva Shar,’ ‘Gangleader,’ etc. I salute the south for contributing immensely to my success.
Way back before 1980, prior to ‘Disco Dancer’ breaking into the collective consciousness of filmgoers, I had come to Chennai to compose for a film called ‘Suraksha.’
I don’t wear any jewellery or gold at home.
