Though at least half the songs in there are primarily situational, given Sanjay Leela Bhansali's expertise when it comes to spinning around wonderful visuals, they can be expected to make a good impression on screen." Critic R. A heavy album with as many as 10 tracks, it is high on classical base with a few potentially popular songs in there as well. Music critic Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama gave the album 3.5 stars (out of 5) saying: " Bajirao Mastani soundtrack is on the expected lines. They had to study the characters, the period of the film and the requirement as directed by Bhansali to set the sounds right on Dolby Atmos. His team involved for sound mix worked for nearly 600 hours for a month and a half. According to him, some scenes required a lot of probe into the characters and the mood. was involved the key sound mixing of the soundtrack and original score. So I went back home and asked my mother the different names of Ganeshji, and jotted them down." The song "Gajanana" was composed by Shreyas Puranik. He adds: "That was the first time I had thought of making Bajirao Mastani as a film." The song opens with Marathi lyrics "Nabhatoon aali apsara, ashi sundara, saaz sazvuna" which translates to "A fairy has stepped down from the skies, so beautiful and all dressed up." Lyricist Prashant Ingole, on writing for the song "Gajanana" stated: "I was asked to write an aarti for Ganpati and I wanted to do something that was never done before. The initial composition of " Deewani Mastani" dates to twelve years back where Bhansali conceived the track while having a shower. The track " Mohe Rang Do Laal" was composed when Bhansali was waiting at the airport after his flight got cancelled. Bhansali added that Shiv Kalyan Raja, a Marathi album by Hridaynath Mangeshkar, apart from Marathi folk and classical music were inspirations for the soundtrack of Bajirao Mastani. The composition was blended with another raag titled Ahir Bhairav. For the track "Albela Sajan", Bhansali has tuned Kishori Amonkar, who has sung the original track in the raag Bhoopali. Sanjay Leela Bhansali took inspiration for the songs from the film Mughal-E-Azam (1960). The film score was nominated under Best Original Music category at the Asian Film Awards 2016. Artistes Justin Jose and Biswadeep Chatterjee won the National Film Awards for Best Audiography, the former awarded for final re-recording whereas the latter for sound design. However, Shreya Ghoshal won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song " Deewani Mastani". Sanjay Leela Bhansali was nominated under Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for his music direction. Although the background score was called thunderous and elaborate, well into the film's soundscape, it was criticised for overuse and strength. Critics noted the album as semi-classical, emphasizing more on harmonies, melodies and rhythms.
Upon release, music critics anticipated in positive that the tunes will match visuals, justifying lyrical interpretations. The songs cover genres of Marathi folk, Sufi, lavani, qawwali and Indian classical apart from fusion of different ragas in single tracks.
Bhansali was inspired by the music of Mughal-e-Azam to compose the film soundtrack. The songs were conceived progressively with the development of film script that was completed in twelve years. The music in the film is situational and narrative in nature. The original score of the film is composed by Sanchit Balhara. The album, originally recorded in Hindi features nine songs, and was released on 31 October 2015 by Eros Music. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. Bajirao Mastani is the soundtrack album, composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with assistance by Shreyas Puranik & Devrath to the 2015 Hindi film of the same name.