Unfair to call him Disco King, Bappi Lahiri was much more, says Babul Supriyo

India Today spoke to singer and former Union minister Babul Supriyo, who said Bappi Lahiri's many accomplishments cannot be summed up by the epithet of Disco King.

As the country mourned the death of iconic Indian music composer Bappi Lahiri, an endless stream of personalities from the world of films, music, and other fields shared their memories about the man who dubbed as 'Disco King'.

However, one individual thought that terming Bappi Lahiri as the Disco King was unfair. India Today spoke to singer and former Union minister Babul Supriyo, who stated that Lahiri had many accomplishments that cannot be summed up by the epithet of Disco King.

"It is unfair to call him just Disco King. He is way more than that," said Babul Supriyo, who narrated how the first ever singing session in his professional life was at Bappi Da's house when he was a struggling vocalist.

"Electronic Dance Music or EDM was brought to India by Bappi Da with Disco Dancer. He launched an album named Super Luna with Runa Laila, which was a superb example of what he could create. Moreover, Tamma Tamma was the height of EDM in those days, the song introduced us to the concept of stereo sound," the former union minister told India Today.

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Supriyo stated that 'Bappi Da' made iconic songs like Chalte Chalte, Chirodini Tumi Je Aamar, which proves the huge musical knowledge the icon had apart from disco.Music icon Bappi Lahiri breathed his last at a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday night after suffering from a sleep-related breathing disorder. He was 69.

The West Bengal government held a memorial service for Lahiri at Ektara Manch in Kolkata earlier in the day, while a string of celebrities turned up at his residence to pay their last respects. He will be cremated at 10 am on Thursday.