It
is
common
knowledge
by
now
that
Pritam's
compositions
for
Tum
Mile
are
already
all
over
on
internet
even
though
the
album
is
yet
to
officially
hit
the
stands.
The
pirated
copy
of
the
songs
with
credit
details
intact
have
been
available
on
number
of
music
websites
since
the
weekend
gone
by.
Of
course
the
initial
reaction
of
the
entire
Bhatt
camp
was
that
of
being
shaken
and
stirred.
However,
as
the
dust
settled
down
and
realization
struck
that
a
partial
damage
had
been
done,
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
film
started
looking
at
quite
a
few
positive
aspects
of
things.
Says
Mahesh
Bhatt
who
is
always
willing
to
find
positive
points
in
the
grimmest
of
situations,
"Pirates
have
declared
Tum
Mile
music
a
hit.
I
guess
they
know
more
than
everyone
else.
They
got
to
the
consumer
even
before
we
opened
sales.
This
pretty
much
speaks
volumes
about
the
kind
of
excitement
that
the
product
has
generated
over
the
months."
Not
everyone
associated
with
the
film
is
excited
in
a
similar
manner
though.
Kunal
Deshmukh,
whose
Jannat
was
a
huge
musical
success,
is
disappointed
that
the
music
is
being
downloaded
without
the
consumer
spending
even
a
rupee.
"It
is
disgusting
and
a
direct
attack
on
those
very
people
who
continue
to
hold
such
a
strong
view
against
piracy",
he
fumes,
"Bhatts
are
known
to
be
trail
blazers
when
it
comes
to
raising
a
voice
against
piracy.
All
these
efforts
are
pushed
back
when
their
own
product
is
pirated
and
that
too
before
its
release.
It
is
so
sad
that
we
are
even
talking
about
it
when
our
album
release
is
still
a
day
away."
"But
by
not
talking
about
it
we
won't
be
able
to
stop
piracy",
Mahesh
Bhatt
has
a
counter
argument
here,
"After
all
the
black-waala's
word
is
always
more
reliable
than
that
of
the
critic!
He
is
the
voice
of
the
masses
after
all.
If
he
has
managed
to
make
the
music
a
HIT
then
well,
let's
accept
that
rather
than
running
away
from
reality." Composer
Pritam
though
is
distraught
that
Tum
Mile
is
being
heard
online.
"The
music
of
Tum
Mile
is
one
of
my
finest
and
deserves
to
be
respected",
he
says,
"It
deserves
to
be
heard
on
a
proper
CD
rather
than
through
illegal
downloads.
I
hope
and
pray
that
the
damage
is
minimal
and
the
music
follows
a
good
sales
graph
once
it
hits
the
stands."
Kunal
does
try
to
bring
on
a
smile
too
even
in
the
most
adverse
of
circumstances,
"I
am
with
Pritam
when
he
says
that.
When
I
go
through
social
networking
sites
and
see
people
talking
good
things
about
Tum
Mile
and
recommending
it
to
people
around,
it
only
makes
me
further
confident
about
the
product
that
I
have
in
hand.
In
a
way,
at
least
one
scare
factor
is
off
because
the
music
seems
to
have
been
widely
accepted."
Story first published: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:21 [IST]