Bappi Da, known as the Disco King of India has given a lot of hit songs to the Indian music industry. He always has a very jovial personality and we’ve rarely seen him getting emotional. But this time indeed, there was a reason for him to get teary eyed and this was witnessed on the music reality chat show – MX Original Series Times of Music when Bappi Da reminisced about Kishore Kumar ji.
Elaborating about the same Bappi Lahiri says,“Kishore Kumar Ji’s last song of his life, he sang for me in Mehboob Studio ‘Waqt Ki Awaz’, Mithoon Chakraborty and Sridevi were starring in the same and the song had a naughty vibe to it. That day, mama (Kishore Kumar) made everyone laugh so much that we were tired laughing. Then while leaving he said to me “Bappi aaj maine hasaya, main jab nahi rahunga toh yaad karoge Kishore mama ko”. I left Mehboob studio at 6o’clock and at 2 o’clock I got the news from home that he is no more.I have tears in my eyes for mama. I was very close to him; Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar are his children - but I was very close to him, more than anyone else. Very close to him.”
This episode sees him reimagine the iconic Vishal & Shekhar song – Jag Ghoomeya while the composer duo is recreating Bappi Da’s hit track Yaad Aa Raha Hai.
In the episode, he also spoke about how this song came into being. He said, “This song is actually a blessing that was given to me by Kishore Kumar ji. The song ‘Yaad Aa Raha Hai’, was actually going to be sung by Kishore Kumar ji. His flight was late so he had come to HMV studio and I had already dubbed and kept the song ready. He heard it and said, ‘Bappi, you’ve sung it whole-heartedly, I can’t sing it better than this.’ I told Mama that, ’Mama, I’ve created this song for you.’ He said, ‘Give me any other song, I’ll sing it. This song, you only sing. Your voice suits this song.”
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Smule presents – Times of Music powered by Ace2Three – An MX Original Series bringsviewers a one-of-its-kind music reality/chat show, bringing together 20 legendary composerswho will rewrite history and reinvent each other’s most celebrated tunes. Recreating memorieswith 22 iconic songs – the show’s innovative format will see each episode feature 2 composersof different eras soak in the philosophy behind the other’s celebrated song, its ethos andinterpret it in his own way to create a fabulous new rendition. Part storytelling, part tribute andtopped with pure musical genius – this series is hosted by Vishal Dadlani who will be unwrapping interesting stories from their lives.
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