One Song at a Time - 57. Chandan Sa Badan
(Kalyanji Anandji) There are some songs which almost everyone likes in the first listen and then continues liking even after a long time. Some songs catch our attention in the first listen but we slowly lose interest in it after multiple listens. Some songs catch the attention of only a few people while some songs, (massive hits when released) are slowly forgotten after a certain period of time. There are only a few songs which remain as fresh as when they were released and which are even now loved by everyone. To this category belongs the song of today, 'chandan sa badan'. I saw and heard this song for the first time when the movie 'Saraswathi Chandra' was screened on Doordarshan. Those were the days when every movie screened on TV was watched as TV was still a novelty. Saturday and Sunday evenings were reserved for movie watching on TV, irrespective of the quality of the movie screened. When I heard this song the first time I was fascinated. Mukesh used to