Why have you chosen to give only three children a chance to sing in your projects? Ooori baba! They're such fabulous voices.. Mauli Dave, Amanat Ali and Sumedha and even Raja Hasan. They're top quality I don't . make promises to give a chance.. I straight away give it without a second thought.---said bappi lahiri
just happened to read Bappi Lahiri's interview on Hindustan Times. Its quite interesting as he answered some of the questions about saregamapa Challenge 2007 and current trend of Bollywood music Industry....
Dada, why have you not been composing lately? Who told you that? I'm composing for several movies that will release by the end of this year.. Buddha Mar Gaya, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Mudrank, Jhoom, Junoon are a few that I've composed for.
I was composing till 1999. Then, the music scene suddenly changed. There were multiple composers on a given project. That left me confused. Following that, I kept away from the scene for five years. Thanks to Vishal-Shekhar, I sprang back to film music. But I was active in America. I did a remix of Kaliyon ka chaman there. It recorded bumper sales.
You recently sang with Sanjay Dutt. It was for Sanjay Gupta's Alibaug. I have sung for Sunil Dutt, I've sung for Sanjay as well. This time, both of us sang for my son Bhappa. I loved Sanjay's voice. The song was difficult for an untrained singer.. not like Aati kya khandala. It's a serious song.
The album with Whitney Houston is ready for almost a year now. She's not had the time to mix it. Once that is done, we'll release it.
Why do you appear subdued on Sa Re Ga Ma as compared to other mentors? They're all my juniors and each other's contemporaries. They can have heated discussions, exchange thoughts and differ on opinions loudly If I was among my contemporaries like RD Burm
