Paisa Vasool

Paisa Vasool (transl. Value for money) is a 2004 Indian film directed by Srinivas Bhashyam, 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.

For the 2017 film, see Paisa Vasool (2017 film).

Paisa Vasool
Poster
Directed bySrinivas Bhashyam
Produced byManisha Koirala
Siddharth Koirala
Written bySrinivas Bhashyam
Anurag Kashyap
StarringManisha Koirala
Sushmita Sen
Sushant Singh
Music byBapi-Tutul
CinematographyNirav Shah
Edited byShirish Kunder
Release date
  • 27 January 2004 (2004-01-27)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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After a chance encounter at a club the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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

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
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References
  1. "Paisa Vasool". Planet Bollywood. 27 January 2004.
  2. "Paisa Vasool Movie Review". Apunkachoice.
  3. "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Planet Bollywood. November 2003.
  4. "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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