Salil Chowdhury had originally composed the tune of this song for the Bengali non-film song "Keno Kichhu Katha Balo Na" (1963), sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He had also used the same tune for the Malayalam film song "Neeyum Vidhavayo" ("Rasaleela", 1975), sung by P. Susheela.[1][2]