Baaghi 3 director Ahmed Khan on the last Bollywood song Bappi Da recorded! – Times of India

Bappi Lahiri’s last song he recorded for a commercial Bollywood film was Bhankas from Baaghi 3 (2020). It was a recreation of his own song Ek Aankh Maaru from 1984’s film Tohfa. Bombay Times spoke with the film’s director Ahmed Khan who remembers Bappi Da’s enthusiasm during the recording of the song.

“For me he has been this sweet, cute legend. He is the same in real life too as he is seen in all his interviews. One thing I like about him is his enthusiasm for work even at this stage of his career. Also, he was so up to date with the current times,” shares Ahmed.

Being a child actor, the director got an opportunity to meet him earlier on in his career. “I was acting in a film called Aaj Ke Angaarey (1988) and the music of the film was done by Bappi Da. I was 12 years old then and got to meet him. He remembers me from that time. He would always say, ‘You were a kid and now look at you, you have become a director’. So, when we worked on Baaghi 3, I liked the fact how he didn’t treat me as a kid because he has seen me grow up, but as an abled director who is handling this project. Having said that, everytime I met him I became a child (Laughs!).”

Remembering the times when he recorded the Tiger Shroff starrer song, Ahmed says, “I made it a point that Bappi Da sang for this song and so I made him sing at least a stanza, which he did. He really enjoyed it. At his age he was so active, Baapi Da just passed away too early.”