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 the use of disco music in Indian cinema. He also sang some of his own compositions. Bappi Lahiri was popular in the 1980s for his films like Namak Halaal, Disco Dancer and Sharaabi among others. Bappi Lahiri is very fond of jwellery and is usually found wearing gold ornaments and black glasses in all occasions. He creates a brand and style from reforming much of the foreign music numbers.

Bappi Lahiri was born in Calcutta 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 internationally too. 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.

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. Bappi Lahiri sung a duet with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar. The songs of his next film, Chalte Chalte shook the audience and 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. Most of his songs are praised by the two great personalities of Bollywood, Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar on the stage of Bollywood music industry. Bappi Lahiri took extensive help from Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup for his compositions.

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. The song `Gutur Gutur` from this film became a huge hit, though it had its own share of controversies due to its indicative lyrics. 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 Number 9211. Recently, he has once again offered his voice to the title track of the Mani Ratnam film `Guru`. A.R.Rahman has 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, Jayaprada 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 is appearing on Television presently, as a judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TV`s `Sa Re Ga Ma Pa` and Sony Entertainment Television`s K For Kishore reality show. He shall be directing music for his upcoming films that include films like Journey from Bombay to Goa, Jhoom, Ek Hasina Ek Dewana, Khushboo, Mudrank, Budda Mil Gaya, Jaane Bhi Do Yaroo, Boothnath and others.

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)