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.
| Paisa Vasool | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Srinivas Bhashyam |
| Written by | Srinivas Bhashyam 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 |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹3 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹69 lakh[1] |
Plot
editAfter a chance encounter at a club, the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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 robbery to his girlfriend. The two women decide to blackmail him for a piece of the action. Unfortunately, the robbers have no intention of sharing the loot, nor are they too thrilled about anyone knowing their secret.
Cast
edit- Manisha Koirala as Maria
- Sushmita Sen as Baby
- Sushant Singh as Johnny
- Tinnu Anand
- Makrand Deshpande as Biryani
- Rakhi Sawant (item song 'Maine Saiyan Ki Demand')
- Rajkumar Kanojia
Critical reception
editRon 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
edit| Paisa Vasool | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | November 2003 |
| Genre | Hindi 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. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paisa Vasool" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 04.18 |
| 2. | "Maine Saiyan Ki Demand" | Ila Arun | 03.03 |
| 3. | "Rukte Chalte" | Shankar Mahadevan | 04.44 |
| 4. | "Bindas" | Vasundhara Das | 04.07 |
| 5. | "Paisa Vasool – Male" | Hamza Farooqui | 04.16 |
| 6. | "Helen’s Dance" | Pandit Sukhdev Chaturvedi, Swastika | 06.40 |
| 7. | "Yaadon Mein Aksar Aate Rahe" | Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal | 03.25 |
| 8. | "Sabse Bada Rupayya" | Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal | 04.42 |
| 9. | "Hai Re Hai Tera Ghungta" | Kunal Ganjanwala, Soumya Rao | 05.11 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Paisa Vasool – Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "Paisa Vasool". Planet Bollywood. 27 January 2004.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (December 2003). "Paisa Vasool Review 0.5/5 | Paisa Vasool Movie Review | Paisa Vasool 2003 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama.
- ^ Kulkarni, Ronjita. "Manisha, Sushmita are paisa vasool!". Rediff.
- ^ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Planet Bollywood. November 2003.
- ^ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Smash Hits. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
External links
edit- Paisa Vasool at IMDb