Salil Chowdhury had originally composed the tune of this song for the Bengali non-film song "Bhaalo Laage Na" (1973), sung by Sabita Chowdhury. He used the tune again for the Malayalam film song "Malarkodi Pole" ("Vishukkani", 1977). There were two versions of "Malarkodi Pole", a solo each by Yesudas and S. Janaki.[1][2]