Bappi Lahiri: ‘disco king of Bollywood’ gave Indian film a youthful injection

The music of Bappi Da', who died last week, fueled global hits and was sampled by Dr Dre and MIA

At the height of his fame in the 1980s, the disco king of Bollywood", Bappi Lahiri, who died this week, was composing nearly 15 soundtracks a year.

Born in Kolkata in 1952 to a musical family (his parents were classically trained musicians and the playback singer Kishore Kumar was his uncle), Lahiri's first soundtrack was for a 1973 movie called Nanha Shikari.