The light-music counterpart of a solo flourish: fast, groove-forward patterns in Keherwa or Dadra for thumri, dadra, bhajan, and ghazal accompaniment. Classically they fill the instrumental gaps between verses; the playing is dance-adjacent — propulsive, ornamented, openly fun.
It draws on its own stock of cells — rolling figures, bayan-led grooves — cycled with variations and capped with small tihais. Command of laggi is a specialist's pride: it demands total steadiness at speed and taste in a register where heavyweight solo repertoire would sound pompous.