Bappi Lahiri makes jingle for Mike Tyson
Wednesday - September 12, 2018 3:10 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Bappi Lahiri makes jingle for Mike Tyson
Mumbai Sep 12 (IANS) Bappi Lahiri has composed a jingle to welcome legendary boxer Mike Tyson to India. The celebrated music director says it is a perfect Bollywood way to greet the boxing legend.
Tyson will visit India for the Kumite 1 league mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament to be held here on September 29.
"It is such a strange coincidence. When Tyson will be in my India I will be in his (country). If I would have been in Mumbai I would have personally gifted him the jingle " Bappi said in a statement.
"It is such a happy moment for our country that he is coming all the way to promote MMA and prepare fighters from our country. I think he deserves the warmest welcome so I could not think of anything else but Bollywood style music to greet him " he added.
The jingle opens with "Om Swagatam" and then elements of Bappi s iconic disco style are infused in the jingle.
On the association Mohamedali Budhwani Kumite 1 League s CMD said: "I was so humbled by Bappi Da s child like excitement and how gracefully and quickly he took out time to compose a jingle to welcome Mike Tyson. We will play this on stage when Tyson goes up and we also want to do a video conferencing so that Dada can personally gift it to him. We want Mike Tyson to know the creator of this track."
--IANS sug/nn/sed
Tyson will visit India for the Kumite 1 league mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament to be held here on September 29.
"It is such a strange coincidence. When Tyson will be in my India I will be in his (country). If I would have been in Mumbai I would have personally gifted him the jingle " Bappi said in a statement.
"It is such a happy moment for our country that he is coming all the way to promote MMA and prepare fighters from our country. I think he deserves the warmest welcome so I could not think of anything else but Bollywood style music to greet him " he added.
The jingle opens with "Om Swagatam" and then elements of Bappi s iconic disco style are infused in the jingle.
On the association Mohamedali Budhwani Kumite 1 League s CMD said: "I was so humbled by Bappi Da s child like excitement and how gracefully and quickly he took out time to compose a jingle to welcome Mike Tyson. We will play this on stage when Tyson goes up and we also want to do a video conferencing so that Dada can personally gift it to him. We want Mike Tyson to know the creator of this track."
--IANS sug/nn/sed
