This song was sung by Amitabh Bachchan and Lata Mangeshkar. The movie was a story of love and adultery, and how it affects relationship. The movie was controversial because it was shot when Amitabh and Rekha were supposedly having an affair. The movie was produced and directed by Yash Chopra, and starred Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, and Sanjeev Kumar. The movie had music by the incredible pair of Shiv-Hari (Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia). The lyrics for this song were by Javed Akhtar.