Few days before he passed away, Bappi Lahiri was mourning the loss of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. In an interview, he broke down several times while talking about her.?
"I've lost my mother all over again. I have been in her lap when I was toddler. When I had Covid last year I was at Breach Candy hospital for fourteen days. Maa Called my wife every day¡every single day at 7 pm sharp.Even when I came home from hospital she was extremely concerned , specially about my voice," he said.
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"I was 4 when in the Eden Garden locality of Kolkata where we lived, Lataji came home and blessed me. I still have a picture of me sitting in her lap. She sang many Bangla songs for my father (Aparesh Lahiri) who was a well-known composer in Kolkata. From then on she has supported me. She sang my first composition in a Bengali film Daadu. If she hadn¡¯t sung for me, I¡¯d have been swept away by the competition," he told Etimes.
"My first big Bollywood hit score was Aamir Khan¡¯s father Tahir Hussain¡¯s Zakhmee. In that Lataji sang Abhi abhi thi dushmani and Aao tujhe chand pe le jaaon. Both big hits. That film also had the Asha-Kishore duet Jalta hai jiya mera bhigi-bhigi raaton mein which was a rage. Then there were melodies in the films Chalte Chalte and Aap Ki Khatir (which had the chartbuster Bambai se aaya mera dost) which are hummed to this day. That¡¯s how it all began for me."
Lata Mangeshkar had passed away on Feb 6. Bappi Lahiri left us all for his heavenly abode on Feb 16.?
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