Paisa Vasool
| Paisa Vasool | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Srinivas Bhashyam |
| Produced by |
Manisha Koirala Siddharth Koirala |
| Written by |
Srinivas Bhashyam Anurag Kashyap |
| Starring |
Manisha Koirala Sushmita Sen Sushant Singh |
| Music by | Bapi-Tutul |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
Release dates | 27 January 2004 |
Running time | 139 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Rs. 5 crore |
| Box office | Rs. 76.82 lakhs |
Paisa Vasool is a 2004 Indian film directed by Srinivas Bhashyam starring Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen. The film is remake of High Heels and Low Lifes. 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After a chance encounter at a club the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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
- Rakhi Sawant (item song 'Maine Saiyan Ki Demand')
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 | |
| 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!'[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. | 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
- ↑ "Paisa Vasool". Planet Bollywood. 27 January 2004.
- ↑ "Paisa Vasool Movie Review". Apunkachoice.
- ↑ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Planet Bollywood. November 2003.
- ↑ "Paisa Vasool Music Review". Smash Hits. 10 December 2003.