Before 'Dhurandhar', Mithun Chakraborty’s 'Disco Dancer' had set early overseas records and it still holds strong - deets inside

Released in 1982, 'Disco Dancer' achieved unprecedented global success, becoming the first Indian film to make a massive ...
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India’s First ‘Disco-King’ Bappi Lahiri Passes Away

MUMBAI (IANS) – Veteran singer-composer Alokesh alias Bappi Lahiri – nephew of the legendary trio of late Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar – passed away around midnight due to multiple ...
The New York Times

Bappi Lahiri, India’s ‘Disco King,’ Dies at 69

He helped popularize the genre with some of the country’s biggest hits of all time, including “I Am a Disco Dancer.” By Alex Traub Bappi Lahiri, an Indian film composer who combined the melodrama of ...

Jimmy walked so Hamza could run; how Mithun's 'Disco Dancer' set the global stage long before 'Dhurandhar'

Long before global box office rollouts became a strategy, one low-budget disco musical quietly turned into an international ...
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Asha Puthli was nearly India's first disco star. She's now 79, and her tour's selling out

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Beatles took that Indian influence and brought it back to the west," singer Asha Puthli said. "But back then, you didn't see ...
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India’s Early Electronic Music From the ’70s Is Finally Being Released

A trove of tapes discovered in a cupboard at the country’s National Institute of Design showcases artists composing early synth recordings on their own terms. By Hugh Morris When the musician and ...