The lyrics were written by advocate and editor of the Konkani newspaper Sunaparant, Uday Bhembre, who was also part of the anti-merger movement.
Buyao was also a strong supporter of writing Konkani in the Roman script In 1996, Rajendra Talak produced a new album of Konkani songs, including Channeache Rati, sung by Asha Bhosle and Suresh Wadkar.
The album, Daryachya Deger (On the seashore) was released by Talak's company 'Shrushti Vision'.
Talak, on the other hand, claims that Buyao had sold its copyrights to The Gramophone Company of India.
Bhembre submitted that the copyright to the lyrics vested with him and Shrushti Vision had sought his consent to use the song.