Woah! Bappi Lahiri collaborates with global pop stars Lady Gaga and Akon

The disco king of Bollywood, Bappi Lahiri has completed 50 glorious years in the industry. Well, honestly that's a rare feat. The 66-year-old composer, who has composed more than 9000 songs over 600 films has now collaborated with global pop stars Akon and Lady Gaga. Bappi Lahiri, confirmed the news from Los Angeles to Mumbai Mirror and said, "Yes, two duets, with her (Lady Gaga) singing in English and me in Hindi in my inimitable style. We are now waiting for the release to be greenlit, hopefully by the year-end. I also collaborated with Akon two months ago. That song should also be out soon." When asked him to give more details, he replied, "Abhi itna hi."

But hey, it's not over yet, Bappi has also collaborated with tech-house genius Jamie Jones and DJ duo The Martinez Brother for a new mash-up. Talking about this, Bappi said, "It features a remix of my

superhit song from Disco Dancer, "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy". The British-Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. used the same song in her 2007 album Kala and, a year later, it was also there in the climax scene of Adam Sandler-film, You Don't Mess With The Zohan."

The composer still feels surreal that even after so many years, the track is still fresh in everyone's mind. "The song took a long time to record because I introduced disco beats in Indian antara, to come up with an innovative sound. I also experimented with a new singer, Parvati Khan. But see, almost four decades later, people around the world are still playing it as a rare tribute to an Indian composer. I'm overwhelmed and feel proud to be accorded this honour." Anyway, so are you excited for these chartbusters? Tweet to to us @bollywood_life.

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