The scene before this song had Dev Anand's character bidding farewell to Waheeda Rehman's character with this couplet - "Tera milna khushi ki baat sahi / Tujh se mil kar udaas rahta hoon". While all the songs in the film, including this one, were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, the couplet was Sahir Ludhianvi's.