Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri (b. 1953) 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 especially very 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. Early years Bappi Lahiri was born in Calcutta, West Bengal in 1953 into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father, Aparesh Lahiri was a famous Bengali singer and his mother, Bansari 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 ambition to become famous, not only nationally, but internationally. He began to play the tabla at the tender age of three. His relatives from his mother's

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