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Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri (b. 1953) is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema, and also sang some of his own compositions. He was especially very popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others. He is very fond of jewellery and is usually found wearing gold ornaments and black glasses.



Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is a leading Indian film playback singer, Actor, Director, and Music Director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and famous bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions. Once he was performing on stage in Kolkata in a Durga Pooja function arranged by the great Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept on requesting for more songs and this information reached his mother. She called in Kishore Kumar and complained that your son is singing 'filmy' songs. Hearing this Kishore Kumar was delighted and decided to bring him to Bombay (now Mumbai).

Later he has sung many popular Bollywood and Regional film songs in the 1970s,1980s,1990s and singing till today.

Very rarely a singer last for more than one decade now a days in Bollywood, but Amit Kumar is thriving since last 38 years.



Sudesh Bhonsle

Sudesh Bhonsle is an accomplished Indian playback singer. He was born to N.R.Bhosle and Sumantai Bhosle. Sudesh had a natural gift for mimicry from an early age and he cultivated it at the behest of his friends in college. He is widely known for his ability to mimic Amitabh Bachchan.