Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema, and also sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.
 
He is very fond of jewellery and is usually found wearing gold ornaments and black glasses. He wears gold on his body of more than 1 crore INR (approx) which weighs around 2 kg (approx).

Bappi Lahiri was born in Calcutta, West Bengal into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father, Aparesh Lahiri was a famous Bengali singer and his mother, Banshori Lahiri was a musician and a singer who was well-versed in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. He was their only child.

At a very early age, he had the...