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Listed on HindiGeetMala among the songs of Dost (1944), this number frames the familiar conceit of a stolen heart and the lover's playful demand that follows. It carries lyrics by Shams Lakhnavi and music by Sajjad Hussain in his debut as an independent music director; the singer is not documented in the available source.

Sajjad Hussain's debut score balances grave ghazals with lighter romantic pieces; this title sits in the latter group, a mid-tempo flirtation whose tune carries the slightly off-centre melodic turns that would become the composer's signature.