S.D. Burman had originally composed the tune of this song in 1957 for Guru Dutt's shelved Bengali film "Gouri", which was supposed to launch Geeta Dutt as a singing star. The original Bengali song, "Jani Bhromara Kaino", was recorded in Geeta Dutt's voice but wasn't officially released. S.D. Burman also recorded a non-film version of the song in his own voice. The music director had recorded another song for "Gouri" in his own voice - "Banshi Sune Aar Kaaj Naay". He reused the tune of this song later for the Hindi film song "Neend Churaye Chain Churaye" ("Anuraag", 1972).[1][2][3][4]