This film was based on the Bengali novel "Ulka" by Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The novel had previously been adapted for a 1957 Bengali film of the same title as well as for a stage play.[MR21]
Song
Yeh Kisne Geet Chheda - Shivkumar Sharma played the santoor in this song and Hariprasad Chaurasia played the flute in it. This was the first time the duo played for S.D. Burman.[MR21]
Poochho Na Kaise Maine Rain Bitai - 1 - This song is said to be based on the Bengali song "Arunakanti Ke Go" by Kazi Nazrul Islam. However, in the Jaimala program he presented for Vividh Bharti in 1972, S.D. Burman picked this song as one of his best compositions and cited a Raag Ahir Bhairav composition by Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan as his inspiration.[MR3]
Poochho Na Kaise Maine Rain Bitai - 1 - When Manna Dey recorded this song in Mehboob Studios in one take, the recording room fell silent. Manna Dey thought he had made a mistake and that a re-recording would be required. S.D. Burman then came into the room and told him that everyone was speechless because they had been moved to tears by his beautiful singing.[MR6]
Naache Man Mora Magan - Pandit Samta Prasad played the tabla in this song.[MR2]
Naache Man Mora Magan - The phrase "tigda dhigi dhigi" in this song was added based on S.D. Burman's suggestion. Burman got the idea for this phrase from the Kathak maestro Bindadin Maharaj who used it to train his nephews. Burman was friends with Achhan Maharaj, the son of Bindadin. Pandit Birju Maharaj was Achhan's son.[MR21]
Poochho Na Kaise Maine Rain Bitai - 2 - While this version of the song was part of the film, it appears that it was not included in its original music release. Saregama added this version in later releases of the film album but credited only Manna Dey for it even though it also featured the voices of S.D. Batish and an unidentified child or a woman.[1]
Tere Bin Soone Nain Hamare - S.D. Burman had originally composed the tune of this song for the Bengali non-film song "Aami Chhinu Eka" sung by him. The bhajan "Kaun Bujhave Rama Tapas More Man Ki", composed by Gyan Dutt and sung by K.L. Saigal, as well as the film song "Lag Gayi Chot Karejwa Mein Haay Rama" ("Yahudi Ki Ladki", 1933), composed by Pankaj Mullick and sung by K.L. Saigal, also had a similar tune.[2][3][4]
