Tibeto-Burman languages | Burman | Sandip Burman | Nicolaas Laurens Burman | Erica Burman |
R. D. Burman composed the music for the film, and the lyrics were given by Javed Akhtar.
Bhende has sung playback for Hindi films for music directors such as R.D. Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri.
The soundtrack of Sharmeelee was an instant hit with the Indian audience, with songs composed by S. D. Burman, and sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, and Asha Bhosle.
She sang for composers Shankar Jaikishan, Roshan, Madan Mohan, S. D. Burman, Hemant Kumar, Chitragupta, Naushad, S. N. Tripathi, Ghulam Mohammed, Kalyanji Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal singing the most songs for the first two in the list.
Paying Guest was the second hit film of the team of Mukherjee, Hussain, Dev Anand and S. D. Burman, who had combined two years earlier to make the successful Munimji.