Veteran actor Shakti Kapoor offered his last respects to music icon Bappi Lahari at Pawan Hans cremation ground on Thursday afternoon.
He Spoke to the media and condoled the legend’s demise. “Film industry has been endearing a great loss since 9-10 days, first we lost legendary singer Lata Ji and then Bappi Da, at such young age, 69 is not an age to die. He has gone too soon,” Kapoor said adding, “Bappi Da showed a new vision to music. We have lost two golden coins in form of Lata Ji and Bappi Da, that we cannot get back,” he said.
The 69-year-old actor continued, “I think in this period of COVID-19, the industry has lost a lot of diamonds, potential and a lot of strength, the industry was prevailing earlier.”
Shakti Kapoor stated that Bappi Da’s loss is a “personal loss” for him as his daughter- actor Shraddha Kapoor and his entire family was very close to Lahari’s family.
“Bappi and I have struggled together. We came along, in fact, I have sung many songs for him too. Our families were very close to each other. My daughter is very close to Bappi’s son’s wife, they have grown together… Bappi’s children have grown up in my laps. His father and mother were also very close to me… So it’s a very personal loss. Heartfelt condolences to his family, ” Kapoor concluded.
Bappi Lahiri died at the age of 69 at Mumbai’s CriticCare hospital on Tuesday night. He was laid to respect in the presence of family, friends and prominent Bollywood celebrities today morning.
