Salil Chowdhury had used the tune of the song in two other songs before this - the Bengali non-film song "O Phooler Daal" (1977) and the Malayalam film song "Ee Malarkanyakal" ("Madanolsavam", 1977). The Malayalam song was dubbed in Tamil as "Thenmalar Kannikal" ("Paruvamazhai", 1978), in Telugu as "Ne Priyuraliki" ("Amara Prema", 1978), and in Hindi as "Aye Mere Dil Ga" ("Dil Ka Sathi Dil", 1982).[1][2][3][4]