Sanjay Leela Bhansali took a classical bandish composed by the Mughal court musician Manarang in Raag Ahir Bhairav and transformed it into Raag Bhoopali for this song. He used a Raag Bhoopali rendition by Kishori Amonkar as an inspiration for the song. Bhansali had used the same Ahir Bhairav composition many years earlier in his film "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (1999).[1][2][3]