After Kishore Kumar recorded Hamein Tumse Pyar Kitna, music composer R D Burman congratulated him and said he was thinking of approaching classical singer Parveen Sultana for another version of the melody.
‘Why not Asha?’ Kumar asked.
‘Because the situation in the film is such,’ he said, ‘A classical singer sings it on stage. I have composed it in raag Bhairavi.’