EXCLUSIVE: RIP Bappi Lahiri: From Bengali film Daadu to Dharam Adhikari and Gunday, the late Bappi Lahiri on his epic journey from Dilip Kumar to Varun Dhawan : Bollywood News

Music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri, who was famously known for his disco music in the 80s and 90s in the Indian music industry, passed away at Mumbai's CritiCare Hospital on February 16. He was 69 and was suffering from several health issues.

EXCLUSIVE: RIP Bappi Lahiri: From Bengali film Daadu to Dharam Adhikari and Gunday, the late Bappi Lahiri on his epic journey from Dilip Kumar to Varun Dhawan

In an old exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama at the Filmfare Middle East, Muscat 2019, the singer talked about his epic journey from Dilip Kumar to Varun Dhawan. “This year is a great time because of my accomplishing of 50 years in Bollywood. In 1969, I started my career by a Bengali film Daadu and then I had Shikari and Zakhmi and then Chalte Chalte, Aapki Khatir, Dharam Adhikari to Namak Halal, Sharabi and Disco Dancer to Gunday and Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya. My journey from Dilip Kumar to Varun Dhawan and Ranveer Singh,” he said.

Bappi Lahiri was popularly known for the songs like 'Chalte Chalte', 'Disco Dancer', and 'Sharaabi'. His last song was 'Bhankas' for Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Baaghi 3 in 2020.

PM Narendra Modi also paid tribute to the legendary composer-singer. Bollywood celebrities including Ajay Devgn, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nimrat Kumar and many took to social media to pay tribute to late composer-singer.

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