The team of Mani Ratnam, A.R. Rahman and Gulzar first explored the concept of seven shades of love in this film and particularly in this song. Mani Ratnam explored this concept further a couple of years later in the Tamil film song "Pachchai Nirame" ("Alaiypayuthe", 2000). The Hindi version of this song was the title song of "Saathiya" (2002), the remake of "Alaiypayuthe" (2000).[1]
This song included the recitation of a Ghalib couplet - "Ishq par zor nahin hai yeh woh aatish Ghalib / Jo Lagaye na lage aur bujhaye na bane".