According to Lata Mangeshkar, this was the first Hindi film song she "sang in playback". There were songs sung by her that were released earlier but it appears that they were either non-playback, i.e. she sang them live on the films' sets, or they were recorded after this song. Her first ever Hindi film songs were for "Badi Maa" (1945). Prior to her Hindi film debut, she sang two Hindi songs for the Marathi film "Gajabhau" (1944).[1][MR7]