India Post 3: Lunch at Bappi’s
By Paul Devro | January 29, 2009
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A few times I`ve posted up some Indian disco tunes on the site here and I think just about every single one has been a Bappi Lahiri song (wiki, myspace fan page). His song are always so mad and he`s seemed like a really cool guy. It amazing- he’s written the soundtrack for over 430 films, so when I had the chance to meet him and have lunch at his home I didn`t believe it was gonna happen but it did. Rahul and I arrived at the Lahiri House and were sat down in Bappi`s Record room, which is literally wall to wall with accomplishment, from 30 something number ones in one year on South Africa Radio to 4x platinum plaque for a single of his, to actual National Records like the 37 films in one year and the first Indian to have a number one song in USA for when Dre and Quik sampled him for “Addictive” Truth Hurts. So after a few minutes Bappi arrived and sat down, we talked about all his hits, he knows just how high every song charted and what award he`s won for each. Bappi is very much a Bappi Encyclopedia. He brought up “Jimmy” the MIA song which is a composition by him, he says Number 16 in South Africa, Number 20 In UK etc etc. We talked about our work in Dharavi, Slumdog Millionaire, and more of Bappi`s other achievements: dude was blessed by Mother Theresa.
Bappi then proposed a great project that we should work on so I`ll hopefully be going back to his home Friday and Saturday to do some top secret stuff that I can`t talk about yet. So after our chat his son Bappa (who is also a bollywood composer) showed up and they both showed us Bappi`s studio and another award room.
His studio was a shock, very simple, three keyboards, one vocal booth and a mixing board, It just like our setup at the mausoleum even the same monitors. His second award room/ writing room was full of pics of him with everyone,
from Boy George
to Lata Mangeshkar
to Jackie Chan
to MC Hammer
and had two stack of his records which were about 2 feet high each. He also had his favorite keyboards in the room and a nice chill out area where I bet he writes all his songs.
So after the tour and the talk we didn`t want to waste any more of his time so we left but he almost didn`t want us to. I`m really looking forward to heading back there in a few days.
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6:19 am on January 29th, 2009
Big Fan of his….he is the don!
Dats right!
10:43 am on January 29th, 2009
baaaaa not only do we have the adam s3a’s but we have those exact same computer speakers too!!!!!!!
1:18 pm on January 29th, 2009
it look like ruff ryders in his chain
1:29 pm on January 29th, 2009
it is ruff ryders, i asked him, i was like hey do you know that the r on your chain is ruff ryders and he was like no its B, B for Bappi.
3:12 pm on January 29th, 2009
What did you guys eat!?
3:14 pm on January 29th, 2009
this is why we r the best blog in the world..
big up the target home computer speakers
5:43 pm on January 29th, 2009
ill reporting devro and yes to the ruff ryders round the neck
6:13 pm on January 29th, 2009
ummm aren’t there suppose to be hot girls running around fields and hiding behind trees…cause i aint seein any in these India posts??
12:25 am on January 30th, 2009
havent seen a field since i got here
1:56 am on January 30th, 2009
It’s cool Paul, I can show you some fields, but they’re full of trash, mostly, not hot girls.
10:26 am on January 30th, 2009
Great write my Boy !!~~~ I can see and hear it NOW ~~~ Paulywood Productions Presents`~~~~
12:09 pm on January 30th, 2009
i am the personn behind the tribute page on space…glad to get some more infos…cool article awsesome pictures especially the one with Jackkie Chan
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12:47 pm on January 30th, 2009
Bappi is very fond of jewelry and sunglasses.
nice fan page there ADT…
11:52 pm on January 30th, 2009
i’m sorry i just cant stop laughing at this!! u know how pregnant women get really weird cravings for clay and they can’t stand like, mangoes or hot weather? well when my mum was preggers with me she just could not DEAL with bappi lahiri… it was the eighties in india and everytime she would even enter a room and he was singin on the radio she would have to leave the building and cry. Glad ur such a dedicated fan tho lol.
ps. If you wanna find pretty Indian girls u have to go back in time: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=k6pYkSh2NcA&feature=related
5:09 pm on February 1st, 2009
Damn, guess India ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Thought I’d at least see some dancin in the rain a.k.a. wet sari competitions during monsoon season…Bollyhood = Lies, better cancel my flight already.
Paul follow the trees, fields, & rain, thats all you need to know…give us some hope.
10:51 am on February 2nd, 2009
LOL! Yayy BAPPI!
You guys are awesome.
6:59 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Damn dude thats hugeeeeee!
Can’t wait to hear the tunes!
6:33 am on February 20th, 2009
Bappi Lahiri is no doubt a very talented music composer from Bengal giving music in a huge number of films in hindi as well as bengali and some other regional languages. Hope his son takes his legacy forward…