Facts:   - instrument: tabla , piano , drums , guitar , saxophone    - years active: 1972 -- present    - birth name: alokesh lahiri    - origin: kolkata , west bengal , india    - label: bl , t-series , tips industries , universal music group , sound studios , planet la records , saregama , venus records & tapes    - spouse: chitrani lahiri    - genre: film theatre , classical score , disco , rock , pop ,      - children: rema lahiri , bappa lahiri    - birth date: 27 november 1952    - name: bappi lahiri    - background: non_performing_personnel    - image: bappi lahiri 2012.jpg    - occupation: composer actor & producer , music director , singer , performer ,   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bappi lahiri .
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bappi lahiri or alokesh lahiri -lrb- born 27 november 1952 -rrb- is a music composer in the indian film industry .he popularized the use of synthesized disco music in indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions .he was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks like `` wardat '' , `` disco dancer '' , `` namak halaal '' , `` dance dance '' , `` commando '' , `` gang leader '' , and `` sharaabi '' among others .bappi lahiri joined bjp in 2014 .he was declared a bjp candidate from srirampur in west bengal for the indian general election , 2014 and lost .