Paisa Vasool (2004 film)
Paisa Vasool | |
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Bapi-Tutul | |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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After a chance encounter at a club, the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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
- Manisha Koirala as Maria
- Sushmita Sen as Baby
- Sushant Singh as Johnny
- Tinnu Anand
- Makrand Deshpandeas 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!"
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 | |
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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 |
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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
- ^ a b "Paisa Vasool – Movie". Box Office India.
- 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.
- 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
- Paisa Vasool at IMDb