singer bappa lahiri son of late music composer bappi lahiri says disco dancerthe musical is the perfect tribute to his fatherdisco dancer the musical is a broadway style celebration of bappi lahiris cult classics with a reimagined score by salimsulaiman that promises to bring back all the nostalgia of the 1980s disco erahe is looking forward to the musicals premiere on april 14 in mumbai and says this is the perfect tribute to my father and to a certain time in bollywoods history when music was integral to the progression of a films narrativethe reason why disco dancer did so well not just in india but in so many countries is that its music was situational emotive and made you connect with the charactersbappa added i am looking forward to seeing songs like goron ki na kalon ki yaad aa raha hai jimmy jimmy and the title song performed live and wish my father was here too to see how his music still continues to unite different generationshe also believes staged musicals should become normative in india as we have a tradition of telling stories via songs and choreographyhe says i hope disco dancer the musical will set the stage literally for more theatrical interpretations of great cinematic musicalshis sibling rema lahiri is equally excited about the musical and says it makes me both proud and emotional to think that so many decades after this film was released countless people across the world still remember my fathers music fondly hum it and dance along with itthis musical has further solidified my belief that good music never grows dated and lives on foreverbappi lahiri passed away on february 15 2022