Bappi Lahiri and Sandhya Mukherjee – the music world has lost two beloved stars and Twitter is coming together to mourn their loss. While the former, a veteran Bollywood songwriter died of obstructive sleep apnea, the latter, a legendary Bengali singer, died yesterday of a heart attack. These two deaths come close after the disappearance of Lata Mangeshkar, the Indian nightingale. These losses left a void in the hearts of music lovers and netizens paid tribute to them. Bappi Lahiri, real name Aloksh Lahiri, popularized disco beats in Bollywood. Apart from Hindi and Bengali films, he has also composed music for a large number of Telugu films.
“What’s going on in Indian music!! R IP Captions »
“It’s only February and we’ve lost three legendary singers! Om Shanti »
“Deeply saddened by the heartbreaking news of the two legends from different eras #SandhyaMukherjee & #BappiLahiri. May their soul rest in peace. Om Shanti »
“Legends are gone again…. RIP to the king of disco music #BappiLahiri and Bengali singer #SandhyaMukherjee. »
“#India loses 2 #pillars of #music industry in 24 hours #SandhyaMukherjee and #BappiLahiri are no more. A big loss for #Bengal too. #Rest in peace “
“Lata Didi is also joined by Sandhya Mukhopadhyay and Bappi Lahiri for a concert in a world beyond death. The golden age is fading with these legends gone. »
“Last night it was the “Nightingale of Bengal”, today morning it was the “King of Disco”. With the hurt of losing the Legend of India still fresh, it’s been a painful morning that Kolkata won’t soon forget. »
#RestInPeace 🙏 #LataMangeshkar #SandhyaMukherjee #BappiLahiri
“So many legendary good singers have left this world in the past few days. First Lata ji, yesterday #SandhyaMukherjee and today #BappiLahiri. TEAR. »
Sandhya, who has worked with top musical directors such as SD Burman, Naushad, Madan Mohan, Anil Biswas and Salil Chaudhury, is survived by her daughter. Bappi Lahiri was known for performing popular songs in several films from the late 1970s to 1980s like Chalte Chalte, Disco Dancer and Sharaabi. His last Bollywood song titled Bhankas was for the 2020 movie Baaghi 3.
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