Shubha Saxena, the daughter of poet Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena, had expressed her dissatisfaction over the film-makers adapting a line penned by her father for this song but not crediting him. The opening line of this song bore similarity with a line from Sarveshwar Dayal Sharma's poem "Batuta Ka Joota". The filmmakers as well as lyricist Gulzar denied that this line was the basis for the song's lyrics.[1]