Mumbai: Famous Hindi cinema singer and composer Bappi Lahiri turns a year older today.
Lahiri has always been known for his distinct voice and music in films. Apart from this, he is always seen wearing a lot of gold ornaments. Today, on the occasion of his birthday, let us tell you about Bappi Lahiri’s jewellery fashion.
Lahiri loves to wear gold ornaments. He considers gold as his destiny. This is the reason why gold ornaments are seen on Lahiri’s body, starting from his neck to his hands. He has also spoken about the same in many of his interviews about why he wears so much jewellery. He took his jewellery inspiration from American rock star Elvis Presley.
Bappi Lahiri once revealed this in an interview, saying, “Elvis Presley used to wear gold chains in Hollywood and I loved him very much. During that time I used to think that when I am successful, I will celebrate my different image and after that I was able to wear so much gold. Gold is lucky for me.”
Bappi spoke about the gold and possessions he had during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In 2014, he contested in the Lok Sabha elections. During this, Bappi had informed the Election Commission about his assets. According to the election affidavit, in 2014, Bappi had 754 grams of gold and 4.62 kg of silver.
If reports are to be believed, Bappi’s wife has more gold than him. According to information given by him in 2014, his wife has 967 grams of gold, 8.9 kg silver, and diamonds worth Rs 4 lakh. At the same time, he has total assets of about Rs 20 crores. However, the property may have changed now.
Heavy jewellery has become the identity of Bappi Da.
Bappi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party 31 January 2014 in the presence of Rajnath Singh, then national president of Bharatiya Janata Party, to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha election. He was made a BJP candidate from Srerampur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 2014, but lost to Kalyan Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress.