The music of the song was composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali while the lyrics were provided by A. M. Turaz and Swaroop Khan.

[1] On 12 July 2016, Shreya Ghoshal recorded "Ghoomar" which was mixed and mastered by Tanay Gajjar at Wow & Flutter Studio in Mumbai.

[7] "Ghoomar" was released on 26 October 2017 where Deepika Padukone was seen performing the traditional Rajasthani folk dance on a set that replicates the interior of Chittorgarh Fort.

[8][9] It features Padukone as Rani Padmavati, performing Ghoomar along with sixty chorus dancers, in front of Mahrawal Ratan Singh (Shahid Kapoor) and his first wife Nagmati (Anupriya Goenka).

On Twitter, complaints against the song was echoed, claiming that it portrays the Rajput queen Padmavati in a bad light.

[20] On 17 January 2018, it was reported that Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Singh remarked that the song "should not be played as the release of the film was banned in the state" during the time, which he denied a day later.

[1] The Tamil version of the song, "Goomar" is by Shreya Ghoshal with additional vocals by Divya Kumar and lyrics by Madhan Karky.

The Kannada version, "Ghoomar" was sung by Darshan N and Sparsha RK while lyrics are penned by Arundathi Vasista.