The album was a result of Sibal's anthology of poems to which Rahman added visuals from Raja Ravi Varma's paintings, thus, developing songs and corresponding videos to it.

On recording the track, Rahman stated that when he heard the lyrics of "Laadli" for the first time, he felt that Lata Mangeshkar would be the right voice for it.

Post three-and-half later, Rahman met singer Lata Mangeshkar and told that if now she'd disagree to recording the track then he won't release the album.

"[7] In May 2014, whilst on board with Rahman's Infinite Love Concert in Singapore, K. S. Chithra had begun recording the track "Sach Kahoon" for the album.

[8] The album contains seven tracks and reflects the current social scenario of India mixed with the lyricist Kapil Sibal's personal experiences.

The 36 second teaser clip introduces the album title Raunaq, backed by the song "Aa Bhi Jaa" by Jonita Gandhi and an image where Rahman is working on the music with Sibal sitting next to him.

Moreover, the activity will take place across Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Line and on A. R. Rahman's and Kapil Sibal's social media handles.

He further added that the album being a visual story telling sort of, the targets were to run multiple Cost Per View (CPV) campaigns.

[16][17] Commercial music streaming service Gaana released the first track "Kismat Se" sung by Shreya Ghoshal as a single from the album on the same day.

[21] The song featured Yami Gautam and Muzammil Ibrahim which focuses on love and separation during the days of dynasties ruling India.

[7] After an introductory launch of the album in May 2014,[17] Rahman published the eight-song soundtrack on 1 September 2014 at another function held in Mumbai, with lyricist Kapil Sibal among other celebrities being present.

[28] Critic Ramesh Bala in his review for Assorted Collections stated that "the album is filmy with great compostions by A R Rahman but lacks enough punch for multiple listens" and rated 7.5 out of 10.

[30] Credits adapted from A. R. Rahman's official website[31] Dr. Narayan, Nivas, Santhosh Hariharan, Deepak Blue, Arjun Chandy, Yazin Nizar, Pooja Vaidyanath, Maalavika Sundar, Sowmya Raoh, Veena Murali, Niranjana Ramanan, Maria Roe Vincent, Varsha, Surbhi, Shashaa Tirupati, Debolina Bose, Swagatha Sundar & K.M.M.C.