Bappi Lahiri, 69, had been admitted to CritiCare hospital for over a month and was discharged on Monday. Lahiri's demise comes just days after music legend Lata Mangeshkar's demise on February 6.
Late legendary music composer-singer Bappi Lahiri's son-in-law Govind Bansal and grandson Swastik Bansal expressed their grief on the demise of their beloved family member.
The cremation ceremony of the iconic singer took place on Thursday morning after the arrival of Bappi's son Bappa Lahiri from Los Angeles.
Bappi Da's grandson Swastik Bansal broke down while expressing his sadness. He also penned an emotional note on social media, and the heartfelt post was a tribute to his grandfather.
Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in Indian cinema in the 80s and 90s, passed away following multiple health issues on Tuesday night.
Bappi Lahiri's son Bappa Lahiri returned from the US with his wife Tanisha Verma and son Krrish in order to carry out his father's last rites today.
Dr Deepak Namjoshi, director of the hospital, told PTI, "But his health deteriorated on Tuesday and his family called for a doctor to visit their home. He was brought to the hospital. He died due to OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) shortly before midnight."
The mortal remains of Bappi-da - as he was revered in the industry - were carried out of his Juhu bungalow to a flower-bedecked van with a huge hoarding of his photo with the trademark jewellery, for his final journey to the Vile Parle crematorium.
Bappi Lahiri's daughter and son, Rema and Bappa and other family members were seen weeping inconsolably as the body was placed on the van and slowly wended its way from Juhu to Vile Parle, a couple of kms away for the last rites.
Bollywood personalities like Alka Yagnik, Vidya Balan, Ila Arun, Bhushan Kumar, Mika Singh, Shaan, Kumar Sanu, Shakti Kapoor, Rupali Ganguly and more were present at the crematorium or at the Lahiri residence to pay their homage to the departed music legend.
Virtually the entire Bollywood - which swayed to his tunes in some or the other film - paid rich tributes to Lahiri including Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Bhosale, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Shabana Azmi, Rakesh Roshan, Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Nusshratt Bharucha, Anupam Kher, Riteish Deshmukh, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Ashoke Pandit, Hansal Mehta, Poonam Dhillon, Jacqueline Fernandez and more.
Starting to wield the baton at the age of 19, Lahiri has bequeathed a rich musical legacy in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati film and a variety of western-Indian fusion music for his millions of fans worldwide.
Hundreds of Mumbaikars, Bollywood personalities and music fans bid a tearful 'alvida' (adieu) to the 'Disco King' Alokesh alias Bappi Lahiri as his funeral procession started here on Thursday.
Producer Nikhil Dwivedi also attended the last rites ceremony in Mumbai.
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