Paisa Vasool

Paisa Vasool
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Directed by	Srinivas Bhashyam
Written by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Manisha Koirala Siddharth Koirala
Starring	Manisha Koirala Sushmita Sen Sushant Singh
Cinematography	Nirav Shah
Edited by	Shirish Kunder
Music by	Bapi-Tutul
Release date	27 January 2004 (2004-01-27)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Paisa Vasool (a common Hindi phrase meaning "value for money") is a 2004 Indian film directed by , starring Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen. The film is a remake of High Heels and Low Lifes. The film was Manisha Koirala's debut as producer. The film failed at the box office and received negative reviews upon release for the film and the soundtrack.

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After a chance encounter at a club the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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[]

• Manisha Koirala – Maria
• Sushmita Sen – Baby
• Sushant Singh – Johnny
• Tinnu Anand
• Makrand Deshpande - Biryani
• Rakhi Sawant (item song 'Maine Saiyan Ki Demand')
• Rajkumar Kanojia

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!"^[1]

Apunkachoice gave the film 3/5 stating 'at times the humor in the film is too predictable and there are other sequences that are simply puerile. Even the two leading characters Baby and Maria are made to overreact in many situations'.^[2]

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!'^[3]

Satyajit from Smashhits.com called the soundtrack 'a complete washout' stating that the soundtrack is 'rather a rehashed version of many remix albums'.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Paisa Vasool at IMDb