Bappi Lahiri was born as Alokesh Lahiri on 27 November 1953. He is a music director in the Bollywood film industry. Bappi Lahiri is the pioneer name in disco music in Indian cinema. He also sang some of his own compositions. Bappi Lahiri was born in Kolkata into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father was Aparesh Lahiri, who was a famous Bengali singer and his mother Bansari Lahiri was also a popular musician and a singer. His mother was a scholar in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. Bappi Lahiri was their only child and a very early age he developed a strong foundation to become famous in the field of music, not only nationally but also internationally. Bappi Lahiri began to play the tabla at the gentle age of three. Kishore Kumar and the S. Mukherjee are his maternal relatives. Initially Bappi Lahiri was trained by his parents, later he received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) at the young age of 19.

Career of Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Lahiri advanced towards Bollywood at the young age of 19. His first film for which he composed great music was Nanha Shikari (1973). Tahir Husain`s Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975) is considered to be the turning point of his career. Bappi Lahiri composed music for this film and doubled as a playback singer as well. He sung a duet with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar. The songs of his next film, Chalte Chalte were immensely successful. With Ravikant Nagaich`s Surakshaa his singing and music was even more approved by the audience. Bappi Lahiri also scored music for many Hindi films that were produced from South India. Bappi Lahiri was the expert at using the disco music in Indian cinema with a traditional blend of Indian flavor. Considered as a pioneer of disco beats, Lahiri made his famous composition in the movie `Disco Dancer` with Mithun Chokroborty in the lead. The title song of the movie `I`m a disco dancer` rocked the whole nation and Lahiri came to be known as the `Disco King.` He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar on the stage of Bollywood music industry.

Bappi Lahiri could not be seen in the Indian film industry during the 1990s. However, he made a brief comeback in the Prakash Mehra produced `Dalal` featuring Mithun Chakraborty. In 2004, he brought out his own album titled `Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix`. This album included all the popular numbers such as `Gori Hai Kalaiyan` and `Jimmy Jimmy`. The album attained great popularity. In 2005, Bappi Lahiri composed the background music for the Jahnu Barua film, `Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara`, thus holding back his identity as a versatile composer. In 2006, he offered his voice to another composer for the first time with the song "Boombai Nagariya", here he sang for Vishal-Shekhar for the movie `Taxi No. 9211`. Recently, he has once again lent his voice to the title track of the Mani Ratnam film `Guru`. A.R. Rahman had composed the music of this film. Bappi Lahiri has also recorded songs for the movie `Level Crossing` that was produced by actor Jayaprada.

In 2006, Bappi Lahiri appeared as the judge on the popular television show `Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L`il Champs` on Zee TV along with other singers like Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet. He has also appeared in Television as a judge for the 2007 Zee TV`s `Sa Re Ga Ma Pa` and Sony Entertainment Television`s K For Kishore reality show.

Bappi Lahiri is married to Chitrani and has two children, namely Rema and son Bappa.

Discography of Bappi Lahiri

As a Music Composer

Suraksha	Disco Dancer	Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki	Sharaabi
Waardat	Dance Dance	Wanted	Zindagi Ek Jua
Commando	Film Hi Film	Guru	Himatwalla and
Pyara Dushman	Tarzan	Namak Halaal	Justice Chaudary

As a playback singer for his compositions

Songs

Rahi Hu Mein (Wanted)	Tera Mera Pehla Yaarana (Shart)	Bambai Nagariya (Taxi No 9211)	Jeena Bhi Kya Hai Jeena (Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki)
Tu Mujhe Jaan Se Bhi Pyaraa hai (Wardat)	Pyar Chahiye Mujhe Jeene Ke Liye (Manokamna)	Super Dancer (Dance Dance)	Bambai Se Aaya mera Dost (Aap ki khatir)
Raat Baaki (Namak Halal)	Yaad Aa Raha Hai (Disco Dancer)	Yaar Bina Chain Kaha Re (Saheb)	-

Composed music of these songs

Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna	Maana Ho Tum (Toote Khilone)	Pyar Manga Hai Tumhi Se	Dil Se Mile Dil, Dil Se Mile Dil (Dil Se Mile Dil)
Ke Pag Ghungroo Baandh Meera Nachi Thi	Pyar Hee Jeene Ki (Armaan)	Muskuraata Hua (Lahu Ke Do Rang)	Gaao Mere Man (Apne Paraaye)
Shyam Rang Ranga Re (Apne Paraaye)	Chaar Din Ki Zindagi Hai (Ek Baar Kaho)	Ankhomai tum hotopai tum sansoo mai tum	Teri Chhoti Si Bhool (Shikshaa)
Dheere Dheere Subah Huyi (Haisiyat)	Yeh Naina Yeh Kajal (Dil Se Mile Dil)	-	-