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Bappi Lahiri to make music with Whitney Houston

Bappi has already sung with Boy George, Apache Indian

Mumbai: Singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri is in the initial stages of negotiations with Hollywood singer Whitney Houston to cut a music album.

Bappi Lahiri, whose music compositions have been a rage and cut golden and platinum jubilees in the 80s and 90s like `Namak Halal', `Shaarabi', `Tohfa', `Himmatwala', `Dance Dance' and `Disco Dancer' just to name a few, is all set to team up with Houston who is a huge star, and has songs like `I will always love you' from the hit film `Bodyguard' and solo hits like `I'm every woman' to her credit.

Bappi has composed music for a record 440 films in Hindi and Bengali and has a record of composing 37 films in a year.

He has given the background score for films like `Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara' in 2005 which earned him a lot of critical acclaim and also was appreciated at the MAMI festival.

When not busy making music, Bappi has been filing lawsuits. In 2002-03, he was in Los Angeles where he had filed a suit against a music composer who had stolen his song `Kaliyon ka Chaman,' so he says. `I won the lawsuit,' Bappi says.

From 2004-06, he composed music for `Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam' -- a Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan starrer. He also composed music for the film `9-2-11'. For his new film `Deewana Hoon Mein Tera', he has sung with Boy George and Apache Indian.

The latest offering from his stable is `Cabaret'.

In his various forthcoming ventures, he would also sing with Sharon Prabhakar, Hindi pop star Daler Mehndi, Sa-Re-Ga-Ma winner Debojit, Adnam Sami, Shibani Kashyup, Arti Chhaberia and Priyanshu Chatterjee. Bappi has also recorded a hip-hop song with actress Jaya Prada. -- UNI

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