Bappi Lahiri and AR Rahman team up 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, May 25, 2006 - 02:40 IST
Until a couple of years back, Bappi Lahiri was almost lost amongst the new composer crowd in Bollywood. A couple of his albums followed but it was with Vishal-Shekhar’s Boombai Nagariya which he sung with a retro charm that put him back in the public eye… or should we say ear. That was the first time that Bappi had sung for any other music composer.
And now Bappi has taken to the mike, once again. He recently completed recording the title track of Mani Ratnam’s Guru, composed by none other than A.R.Rahman. Few people know that Rahman and Lahiri have known each other since a very long time. Lahiri was only too happy to work with the maestro. In fact, he is not hesitant to say that according to him, Rahman is the best from among his contemporaries.
A seven minute song, the lyrics of the title track has been penned by Gulzar. In fact, they were all so well prepared that the recording was completed in a single night. Bappi da didn’t want to talk too much about the lyrics of the song, at this stage. But we do know that it will be used for the credits of the film. Everyone was satisfied with the end result of the song. Bappi is now open to more playback singing, provided he gets good numbers.
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