On Planetbollywood, Jashne Bahar and Khwaja occupy the number 1 and 3 spots for most recommended songs. User music ratings on that site are between 9 and 10. On bollyvista, it has been number 1 on their site for weeks. On Indiafm, (the same site where the music was panned), it has moved from number 7 to 5 to 4 and now to number 2. That same site also has a user music rating of 4.48 (ahem, Mr. Joginder....) On the boxoffice India website, JA music sales are number 1 in the South and West and number 2 in the North and East. I think for a historical film with a heavily classical music soundtrack, I would say that this is quite remarkable. Of course, it dose help to not have much competition around.
Movie appears to be a hit in India and blockbuster overseas, which is helping the music sales. Perhaps the music sales are not blockbuster in absolute numbers, but I am damn proud and happy for ARR. Three years in a row makes this a commercial hat trick for ARR in bollywood....first RDB, Second Guru, Third JA....all hits both movie and music wise!
