Varun Grover used a couplet from Dushyant Kumar's ghazal "Main Jise Odhta Bichhaata Hoon" as the mukhda of this song. The ghazal was first published in his book "Saaye Mein Dhoop" (1975). The filmmakers took permission from Kumar's wife Rajeshwari Tyagi to use the couplet in this song.[1]