Bappi bags Bharat Ratna

Music maestro Bappi Lahiri, who has been in the entertainment industry for 48 years, was awarded the seventh Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award for his contribution to Bollywood and Hollywood music fraternity. Bappi is also the first music director who composed songs for Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr Ambedkar. He recently gifted the CDs of the same to the honourable President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.

Says Bappi Lahiri, “I am honored to be the first music director ever to make a song for luminaries like Vajpayee and Dr Ambedkar. It’s an absolute honour to present these songs to the President. He was so happy. I would like to thank Amruta Fadnavis ji who lent her voice to the songs.”