Padmaavat

Padmaavat is the soundtrack album, composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali to the 2018 Hindi film of the same name. The film stars Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in lead roles. The album, originally recorded in Hindi features six songs, and was released on 6 January 2018 by T-Series. The original score of the film is composed by Sanchit Balhara. The soundtrack album incorporates tracks covering the genres notably Rajasthani folk ("Ghoomar", "Holi"), fusion ("Khalibali", "Ek Dil, Ek Jaan") and middle-eastern ("Binte Dil"), all emphasising on rhythmic arrangements. These five tracks were used in the film for picturization whereas the remaining one ("Nainowale Ne") appeared in the soundtrack album. The original score blends the middle eastern music and Rajasthani folk through brass and string sections of European Classical music. The "Jauhar Theme" gained positive response from viewers in India. It was featured in the trailer and climax of the film. Upon release, the soundtrack album received positive to mixed response from the music critics. Critics based in India called it "shortest music album" by Bhansali and positively anticipated for the tracks to match the visuals on screen. They opined the tracks to be distinguishable but identifiable with the composers recent usual style of composition, resembling with his previous work Bajirao Mastani, remarkably the track "Khalibali" to "Malhari". However, "Ghoomar" and "Binte Dil" received positive critical acclaim for both composition and picturisation by overseas as well as Indian music critics. Development In July 2016, singer Shreya Ghoshal through her Twitter account revealed that she had recorded songs for the film. The song titled "Ghoomar" was filmed by November 2016. It is a Rajasthani folk track. In an interview with Press Trust of India, Ghoshal stated that the album is a fusion of folk and has a Sri Lankan connect because of the character based on Rani Padmini. Apart from the song "Ghoomar", Ghoshal had recorded three more songs for the soundtrack album but because of the changes in the film script, her songs were unused. The makers removed those songs after the recommendations from the CBFC. Bhansali, in an interview with The Times of India stated: "Ghoomar is the glory of Rajasthan and the folk music." He wanted to revive the music and dance form of ghoomar.