Bappi Lahiri who turned 60 today (27 November 2012) speaks to MovieChakkar on his musical journey. Read on… <strong>What are your thoughts on turning 60? </strong> I feel blessed and very happy. I am surrounded by my loved ones. I’ve completed 466 film scores. Out of these 400 are Hindi films. At least in Bollywood this record is unequalled. My song <em>Pyar chahiye mujhe har ghadi</em> is the anthem of my life. I want to be loved every moment. Because I love every moment. <strong>It’s hard to believe you are 60…</strong>

Bappi Lahiri, who plays a full-fledged role of a Disco king in It's Rocking Dard-E-Disco has dedicated his role to his late maternal uncle and legendary singer-actor Kishore Kumar. Said the 59-year old singer, “Earlier, I have acted in films like Main Aurr Mrs Khanna, Om Shanti Om, Kalakaar but those were guest appearances. But, in this film I have acted in the real sense. Since I have acted taking my mamaji Kishore Kumar as my idol, I have dedicated my acting in this film to Kishore Kumarji.”

Producer-director Nikhil Advani must have thought he had pulled off a coup of sorts when he got the rights of the old Bappi Lahiri Kishore Kumar-S Janaki duet <em>Tu mera tota main teri maina</em> from the 1989 film <em>Paap Ki Duniya</em>, for his animation film <em>Delhi Safari</em>. The song fitted into Advani’s film like a hand in glove since it was filmed on a parrot in the film about ecological imbalance and animal welfare. The parrot incidentally speaks in the voice of Akshaye Khanna and in fact Advani intended to record the song <em>Tu mera tota</em> in Khanna’s voice.