Entertainment News Desk – Today is the birthday of famous Bollywood singer-composer Bappi Lahiri. Bappi Lahiri, popularly known as ‘Bappi Da’ in Bollywood, was born on 27 November 1952 in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. ‘Bappi Da’ started his career in the 80s. Bappi Lahiri ruled Bollywood for a long time. His songs gave a new direction to pop singing in Bollywood. Even today people listen to the songs of ‘Bappi Da’ a lot. His songs are still remixed in Bollywood. His chartbuster songs created a lot of buzz among the fans. ‘Bappi Da’ was not only famous for his singing but people also knew him as ‘Gold King’.
Disco King ‘Bappi Da’ was a famous singer of the 80s. At that time ‘Bappi Da’ had made his own identity in the industry. ‘Bappi Da’ loved wearing gold. Apart from songs, he was also known for wearing gold jewelery and his love for gold. From the 80s till the year 2022, Bappi was the only singer who was seen wearing a lot of gold. Along with sleeping, he was also very fond of wearing good clothes. Seeing his style, people started calling him an icon.
‘Bappi Da’ composed 5,000 songs
‘Bappi Da’ had a career of 48 years in the industry. He composed about 5,000 songs in his career. In this, he composed songs in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Assamese languages as well as for Bangladeshi films and English songs. Now with his departure, the disco flavor in the songs is definitely missing.
Know what ‘Bappi Da’ said about gold
Regarding his love for gold, Bappi Lahiri had once said in an interview, “I loved Hollywood singer Elvis Presley. He always wore a gold chain around his neck and I liked his style very much. After which I decided that after becoming a successful singer, I would wear as much gold as the success I would get.
Bappi Lahari had so much gold
According to the report, ‘Bappi Da’ had 754 grams of gold and 4.62 grams of silver. Bappi Lahiri had contested the elections in the year 2014. During that time he himself had given this information. Not only this, Bappi’s love for gold was so much that on the occasion of Dhanteras in the year 2021, his wife gifted him a gold tea set. ‘Bappi Da’ used to keep the gold very carefully. If sources are to be believed, over the years Bappi Da had collected chains, pendants, rings, bracelets, Ganesh idols, diamond studded bracelets, even gold frames and gold cufflinks. Which is now kept inside a locked cupboard after his death and is now a part of his family’s heritage.
