o that’s why Bappi da used to wear thick gold chains and black glasses.

• Lahiri was crazy about this big Hollywood star

• Said goodbye to the world only after making a different place

•  When Bappi Da had gifted the chain in the middle of the reality show…

Famous musician Bappi Da breathed his last in a hospital in Mumbai this morning i.e. on Wednesday. This painful news received early in the morning must have given a deep shock to the music lovers.Bappi da was the uncrowned king of the music di world. I am missing my childhood. Hardly anyone has seen Bappi Da’s face. He used to wear big black glasses.Be it the night function or the day’s program, thick framed black glasses were always present on Bappi Da’s face. Also a thick gold chain. Not one, two or three. Sometimes he wore chains in the number of dozens.He had a great passion for gold. I remember even today people wear more gold, so people call them Bappi Da. This was his identity. More gold means Bappi da.

Bappi Da, who stunned music lovers by bringing Hindi cinema disco and rock music, was born on 27 November 1952 in Kolkata. He changed Bollywood. Bollywood can never forget Bappi Lahiri, who uses disco music in between melodious songs. In the 70-80s, when songs were heard only with melodious music.It was not a minor task at that time to use loud music. But a young man in Bollywood did this work. After that it was booming. After coming to Mumbai, he did the first work in the Bengali film Dadu in the year 1972. After this, he composed music for the film ‘Shikari’ in the year 1973. He was the unblemished king of the music world in the 1980s and 90s.

Movies like ‘Vardaat’, ‘Disco Dancer’, ‘Namak Halal’, ‘Dance Dance’, ‘Commando’, ‘Gang Leader’, ‘Sharaabi’ were in the news due to the great music of Bappi Da. After that he changed the world of music. It is not that the new generation of singers made any effort to shun them. No, not at all. He was as much a favorite among the new generation of singers as it was in the 80s and 90s. Seeing him on the television screen, people knew that there was going to be a big bang. He used to sing too. He was a wonderful singer.

Bappi Da got the inspiration to wear gold jewelry from American rockstar Elvis Presley. In an interview, Bappi Da had said that he had become crazy about gold after seeing Hollywood singer Elvis Presley. Presley used to wear a gold chain and I loved that. Bappi da often thought that he would create a different image of himself. Same thing happened with time.Bappi da started looking different in Bollywood. Bappi da was not the only one crazy about gold. His wife Chitrani Lahiri has also been very fond of gold. According to the election affidavit in the year 2014, he has 967 grams of gold, 8.9 kg of silver, and diamonds worth four lakhs. However, Bappi Da was defeated in the electoral fray and did not turn to the elections again.

I remember another incident. He is associated with a reality show. Bappi Lahiri put a condition that whoever performs well, I will gift him a chain. After this announcement of Bappi Da, all the participants worked hard. But do you know who was able to win his heart? His heart was won by the rising singer Pawandeep Rajan of our home state ie Uttarakhand. Pawandeep, who won Bappi Da’s heart with his singing, sang ‘Kisi Nazar Ko Tera Intezaar Aaj Bhi Hai’ and also played the piano.Happy on her, Bappi Da gifted the chain during the show itself, which also went viral on social media. Bappi da is gone today. But he will always be alive in the hearts of his fans all over the world including India. Whenever disco music plays, Bappi da will be remembered and his black glasses and thick chain will always be etched in my mind. Goodbye Bappi yaad… the tears are not stopping, but my tearful tribute from the throat.