The scene in the film preceding this song featured the ABBA song "Honey Honey" (1974).[1]
Mohammed Rafi accomplished the rare feat of winning both the Filmfare Award and the National Film Award for this song. It was reported at the time that he may have gotten an opportunity to sing this song because of the restrictions imposed on Kishore Kumar during the Emergency. The popularity of the song and the awards Rafi won for it rejuvenated his flagging career.[2]
R.D. Burman developed the violin orchestra in the prelude of "Tum Mujhse Roothe Ho" ("Phir Kab Milogi", 1974) to compose the mukhda of this song.[3]