Story behind 'Paan Khay Saiyyan Hamaro' from Teesri Kasam

Paan khaye saiyan hamaro...was written for film Bandini is absolutely correct but before it was composed by Burmanda, due to pressure from Basu Bhattacharya, Shailendraji convinced Burmanda that the song was totally inappropriate for a film like Bandini. Ultimately Burmanda and Bimalda were convinced by a person like Shailendraji. The uncomposed song was returned to Shailendraji by Burmanda. After sometime it was given to SJ for Teesri Kasam and it was composed by Shankerji and recorded. I also remember Shailendraji discussing this song with Mukeshji about creating a special situation for it. Another thing which I may mention here is why it took long to record the song after it was returned by Burmanda was as we know that Shankerji always composed the tune first and then based on the tune, song was written. But in this particular case, the lyrics were already written and therefore, to convince Shankerji to tune an already written lyrics, Shailendraji requested Mukeshji also to request Shankerji to tune the song. Finally, Shankerji was convinced by both Shailendraji and Mukeshji and the song was recorded. This is the story.

Thread No.248, March 19, 2003(at shankarjaikishan group on Yahoo)