Bappi Lahiri’s duets with Lady Gaga!

Every so often a desi singer will team up with an international musician or group.

Asha Bhosle sang We Can Make It with Code Red, Shaan joined forces with Michael Learns to Rock on his album Tishnagi and Sunidhi Chauhan crooned Heartbeat with Enrique Iglesias. Now Bappi Lahiri has landed what might be the biggest fish of them all! The Disco King has recorded two duets with Lady Gaga, which will feature him singing in Hindi and her crooning in angrezi. The songs will be out by the end of 2019 and I can’t wait to hear them!

Twelve funky folk songs for Jai Gangaajal!

Much-admired filmmaker Prakash Jha is known for making hard-hitting and relevant movies on many social issues and this time, he is exploring the relationship between police and the society with his forthcoming directorial venture Jai Gangaajal.

Music has always played a very important role in Jha's movies but, this time instead of using a powerful background score, the National Award-winning filmmaker has used earthy folk songs to take the screenplay of his movie to the next level. Believe it or not, the movie will have twelve songs composed by Salim-Sulaiman!

Talking about the film's music, Prakash Jha told, ''You will be very surprised to know that my film has twelve songs. They have been composed by Salim-Sulaiman and all them are very beautiful and earthy.''

Salim Merchant revealed, ''Prakash ji told us that he wants to adorn each sequence, be it action or emotional, with a song. We were very surprised at his request and wondered how we will do it. Music has always been an integral part of Prakash ji's films but this time he wanted songs instead of a background score. It's a very new and interesting treatment.''

Sulaiman Merchant further added, ''It's always a unique experience to work with Prakash Jha because he always takes us to an experimental stage. Our film's music is very funky folk as we have presented popular folk songs in a very modern way and the end result is fantastic."

Award-winning lyricist Manoj Muntashir, who is known for his work in hits like Baahubali, PK and Baby to name a few, has penned the lyrics of the film. Disco King Bappi Lahiri has also lent his voice to one of the songs of the film. The trailer of the movie has received double thumbs up from both the audiences and the critics and one can hear the song 'uttar bhaag le' sung by Sukhwinder Singh in its background, which infuses a new life in all the scenes of the trailer.

Written and directed by Prakash Jha, produced by Prakash Jha Productions and Play Entertainment and co-produced by Milind Dabke, Jai Gangaajal revisits the dusty heartland of Central India and examines the society–police relationship. Starring Priyanka Chopra, the movie is all set to release on 4th March, 2016. Jai Gangaajal is not a prequel or a sequel to Ajay Devgn starrer Gangaajal but is a fresh story.

Bappi Lahiri finds AIB Roast against Indian Culture!

Most of Bollywood has supported AIB and their controversial roast video featuring Karan Johar Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. While there are murmurs that SRK, Salman and Anil Kapoor found the roast offensive, not a single known name from the industry has gone on record to state so in public. But one man have the guts to come out in open with his honest point of view, Bappi Lahiri. While others in Hindi film industry have been trying to escape the contentious AIB question, the veteran music composer didn’t flinch when asked to give an opinion about the same.

Bappida told, “I will agree that whatever happened was against Indian culture. We are in India and not America. Our culture is way different from theirs. In our culture, we are taught to respect elders, our parents and women. Whatever happened was surely shameful.”

Without taking any names Bappida told that he would never ever agree to be a part of something as offensive and vulgar. “I will never be a part of anything like this. The youth especially kids are impressionable and I wouldn’t want to do anything that would set a wrong example. Everyone should respect our great culture. If we ourselves don’t respect it, then who else will?”

The singer-musician is presently busy nurturing talent from the slums of Mumbai. His initiative called Slum Stars has slum kids singing for his new album. Calling them the future superstars Bappi told there is a need to tap into the immense potential in slum kids and which often remains untapped.