Vogue India June 2019

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PhotographedbyANKITACHANDRA

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He’sthelarger-than-life,gold-clad,sunglass-toting

icon-in-himself,thesuperstarof’80sand’90s

Bollywoodmusicandtheultimateoriginal.Bappi

Lahiribreakshisbling-fixdownforAnupamaChopra

THE BLING KING

LOCATION

COURTESY

BAYROUTE

JUHU,

MUMBAI

It is a truthuniversallyacknowledged,

inBollywoodatleast,thatBappiLahiri

equals bling. Since the 1980s, this

chart-topping composer has become

synonymous with synthesised ear-

wormsononehand,anda wholelotof

goldontheother.A truedisco,maybe

morepopicon,Bappida,asheis fondly

referredto,hascreatedover9,000songs

but in additionto being this prolific>