Ranu Mondal's video of singing a Lata Mangeshkar song, Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai from Shor (1972), at a railway station in West Bengal made her an overnight sensation on social media. It was then, Himesh Reshammiya decided on signing Ranu Mondal as a singer for his film, Happy Hardy and Heer. 

A video clip of Himesh Reshammiya encouraging Ranu Mondal to sing, Teri Meri Kahani went insanely viral. After the clip went viral, Lata Mangeshkar expressed her views on the singer's voice being similar to the legend's voice. At the music launch of the song, Himesh was asked about it, and he said that we have to understand in which context did the legendary singer made this comment.