Paisa Vasool
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Directed bySrinivas Bhashyam
Written bySrinivas Bhashyam
Anurag Kashyap
Produced byManisha Koirala
Siddharth Koirala
StarringManisha Koirala
Sushmita Sen
Sushant Singh
CinematographyNirav Shah
Edited byShirish Kunder
Music byBapi-Tutul
Release date
  • 27 January 2004 (2004-01-27)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹3 crore[1]
Box office₹69 lakh[1]

Paisa Vasool (a common Hindi phrase meaning "value for money") is a 2004 Indian film directed by Srinivas Bhashyam, starring Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen. The film was Manisha Koirala's debut as producer.

Plot

After a chance encounter at a club, the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia. By accident, the two women overhear a conversation in which a man confesses committing a robbery to his girlfriend. The two women decide to blackmail him for a piece of the action. Unfortunately, the robbers have no intention of just rolling over.

Cast

Critical reception

Ron Ahluwalia from Planet Bollywood gave the film 2.5/10 and stated "Burying your money in the ground would be wiser than even renting a movie like Paisa Vasool. It's just that simple: don't watch it!"[2] Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 0.5 stars out of 5, writing ″Director Srinivas Bhashyam is saddled with an uninspiring screenplay and he needs to partner the blame partly. He may be a sound technician, but a director ought to be a good story teller.″[3]

Ronjita Kulkarni of Rediff.com gave a positive review, writing ″It must have taken guts for Koirala to make her production debut with a film like this. Her efforts are commendable. Paisa Vasool may not tell a unique story, but it definitely lives up to its name″.[4]

Soundtrack

Paisa Vasool
Soundtrack album by
Bapi-Tutul
ReleasedNovember 2003
GenreHindi film soundtrack

Ron Ahluwalia from Planet Bollywood gave the soundtrack 4/10 and chose 'Yaadon Mein' as his favorite song stating 'It’s a shame that Manisha was not able to get more songs like Yaadon Mein out of her composers and lyricist. This soundtrack should be looked upon as a pathetic follow-up by Bapi-Tutul on their work in Bhoot. In the end, one beautiful song cannot save a host of repulsive songs. Forget that Paisa Vasool ever had a soundtrack!'[5]

Satyajit from Smashhits.com called the soundtrack 'a complete washout' stating that the soundtrack is 'rather a rehashed version of many remix albums'.[6]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Paisa Vasool"Sunidhi Chauhan04.18
2."Maine Saiyan Ki Demand"Ila Arun03.03
3."Rukte Chalte"Shankar Mahadevan04.44
4."Bindas"Vasundhara Das04.07
5."Paisa Vasool – Male"Hamza Farooqui04.16
6."Helen’s Dance"Pandit Sukhdev Chaturvedi, Swastika06.40
7."Yaadon Mein Aksar Aate Rahe"Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal03.25
8."Sabse Bada Rupayya"Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal04.42
9."Hai Re Hai Tera Ghungta"Kunal Ganjanwala, Soumya Rao05.11

References

  1. 1 2 "Paisa Vasool – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ↑ "Paisa Vasool". Planet Bollywood. 27 January 2004.
  3. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (December 2003). "Paisa Vasool Review 0.5/5 | Paisa Vasool Movie Review | Paisa Vasool 2003 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama.
  4. ↑ Kulkarni, Ronjita. "Manisha, Sushmita are paisa vasool!". Rediff.
  5. ↑ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Planet Bollywood. November 2003.
  6. ↑ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Smash Hits. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
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