To gild the disco ball
Bappi Lahiri (November 27, 1952-February 15, 2022)
Chandigarh, Updated At : 06:10 AM Nov 27, 2025 IST
Bappi Lahiri File
He arrived in Bombay (now Mumbai) with the self-belief only an only child of musicians can afford. Siliguri was behind him; and so was Alokesh Lahiri. This is the story of Bappi Lahiri - and the misé-en-scene of a city of cracked pavements, late-night studios and impatient producers awaits him. The gold came much later, though. Not suddenly, not as myth suggests, but bit by bit, until he seemed to carry his own spotlight. Cameras didn't so much film him as bounce off him.
