Bappi earned the L(ahir)isteners’ (Vi)nod

In the early 1980s, Vinod Khanna – who passed away in April 2017 – (O)shocked his fans by leaving the Hindi film industry to embark upon a five-year-long spiritual journey.

In 1987, he made a comeback. One of his earliest on-screen appearances in his second innings was Satyamev Jayate, which released that year.

Bappi, who was in (L)a(hi)rich vein of form during what was referred to as Bollywood’s decade of mediocrity, composed and sang Dil Mein Ho Tum, a song from the aforementioned film.

S Janaki rendered the female version of the track, penned by Faruk Kaiser.  

(Zoo)By the way, Alisha rocked!

In the 1980s, Lahiri had his finger firmly in the disco (Bap)pie, and that genre seemed to be in no mood to khisko from the public consciousness.

The desi king of bling wasn’t one to bother to justify his penchant for getting inspired, because he had a generation swaying to his tunes, one of which was Zooby Zooby from Dance Dance (1987).

This adaptation of Brother Louie, the Modern Talking single, was penned by Anjaan.

(Zoo)By the way, it released just a year before Alisha’s rendition, following which the Chinai Express began to chug along.