R.D. Burman had used the tune of this song twice earlier - for the Bengali non-film song "Amar Malatilata" ("Sera Shilpi Sera Gaan", 1974) sung by Lata Mangeshkar, and for the Hindi film song "Deewaron Ka Jungle" ("Deewaar", 1975) sung by Manna Dey. Burman decided to use this tune again in this film since "Deewaron Ka Jungle" was not used in "Deewaar" (1975).[1][2]