5 special things about legendary singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri

Renowned singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri is known worldwide as the ' Disco King ' of Bollywood and has composed and sung some of the most popular dance numbers in his career spanning 40 years.

From 'Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re', 'Raat Baaki Baat Baaki' or 'Humko Aaj Kal Hai Intezaar', 'Tamma Tamma Loge', all these songs of Bappi Da are still hit songs for a dance and people's Zumba and Fresh on the mind as before.

Not only this, Bappi Lahiri, who has always adorned himself with gold jewelry, is also famous all over the world for his style of gold jewelry.

Bappi Lahiri 5 special things related to him are...

• Bappi Lahiri's childhood name was Alokesh Lahiri. He later changed his stage name to Bappi Lahiri. His parents Alpesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahiri both were also famous singers.

• Another rare fact is that Kishore Kumar was Bappi Lahiri's maternal uncle. Bappi Lahiri saw her as the biggest inspiration in life and really stuck with her.

• Bappi Lahiri's fashion statement is all about gold. He wears at least 7-8 gold chains every day. The reason why so many wear gold chains is because they believe that gold brings them luck.

• He was the only music director who was invited by Michael Jackson to participate in his first live show in Mumbai , which was held in 1996.

• Bappi Lahiri has made guest appearances in many films like Badti Ka Naam Beard , Om Shanti Om , Main Aur Mrs Khanna , Nayan Moni etc. Dard-E-Disco is the only film in which he has played a full-fledged role as the main lead actor.