Bappi Lahiri Quotes
If I become an MP I'll work for both Bollywood and Tollywood, specially for the old and out of work technicians. This is not an idle promise, Bappi Lahiri will keep his word.
Lahiri, Bappi. Interview. The Times of India, 12 Apr. 2014.
Every generation seems to think that youth of their day do not have the work ethic that was evident in the past, but as this historical quotation illustrates, the past was very much the same and we tend to have a cultural nostalgia for an imagined past.
Alokesh "Bappi" Lahiri is an Indian singer, composer, politician, disco musician and record producer. He popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He has composed some songs for Prosenjit Chatterjee. He and Prosenjit had delivered major box office successes like Amar Sangi, Asha O Bhalobasha, Aamar Tumi, Amar Prem, Mandira, Badnam, Raktelekha, Priya and so. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks such as Wardat, Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal, Dance Dance, Commando, Saheb, Gang Leader, Sailaab, and Sharaabi. Lahiri joined BJP in 2014. He was declared a BJP candidate from Serampore in West Bengal for the 2014 Indian general election and lost.