Saawan Kumar's lyrics for the mukhda of this song were adapted from a couplet by Dagh Dehlvi - "Sab log jidhar woh hain udhar dekh rahe hain / Hum dekhnewalon ki nazar dekh rahe hain". Majrooh Sultanpuri had used the same couplet earlier as the mukhda of a song in the film "Gyara Hazar Ladkian" (1962).[1]