This song was a direct lift of the Tamil film song "Muthu Kulikka Vaarigala" ("Anubhavi Raja Anubhavi", 1967) including the lyrical hook. The Tamil song was composed by M.S. Viswanathan, written by Kannadasan and sung by T.M. Sounderarajan and L.R. Eswari. R.D. Burman used this tune on producer Mehmood's insistence.[1][MR4]