These days there is a buzz of singing Kachcha Badam on social media. All the stars are seen dancing on this song. Along with this, curiosity is also increasing among the people, who has sung this song?
A Peanut seller has composed the song
You will be surprised to know that the composer of this song is a shopkeeper selling peanuts on cycle. The name of this shopkeeper is Bhuban Badyakar. He hails from Kuraljuri village in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. He has a family of 5 people. Bhuban has a wife, 2 sons and a daughter. He makes a living by selling peanuts on a cycle.
Bhuban picks up his cycle every morning and goes out to the surrounding villages. He sells around 3-4 kg of groundnut. In Bengal, groundnut is called raw almond. From this sale of groundnut, he earns Rs 200-250 a day. For a family of 5 members, this earning is very less, but due to no other option, he is forced to do this work.
He adopted a singing style to increase his sales
For the last 10 years, he is adopting a singing style to sell groundnuts i.e. raw almonds. To improve his singing style, he composed the song Kachcha Badam on the popular Baul folk tune. This song of his became a hit and now various artists are remixing this song and dancing on it. Due to the popularity of his song, now the sale of groundnuts of Bhuban has also increased.
