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-'''''Paisa Vasool''''' (a common Hindi phrase meaning "value for money") is a 2004 [[Cinema of India|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.
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{{About||the 2017 film|Paisa Vasool (2017 film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Paisa Vasool
| image = Paisa Vasool 2004 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Srinivas Bhashyam
| producer = [[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Siddharth Koirala]]
| writer = [[Srinivas Bhashyam]]<br />[[Anurag Kashyap]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Sushmita Sen]]<br />[[Sushant Singh]]
| music = [[Bapi-Tutul]]
| cinematography = [[Nirav Shah]]
| editing = [[Shirish Kunder]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2004|01|27}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Paisa Vasool''''' (a common Hindi phrase meaning "value for money") is a 2004 [[Cinema of India|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.

==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After a chance encounter at a club the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=041706125709 |title=Paisa Vasool |publisher=[[Planet Bollywood]] |date=27 January 2004}}</ref>

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'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/pai/paisa-vasool/mid_7044/reviews-editor/ |title=Paisa Vasool Movie Review |publisher=[[Apunkachoice]] |date=}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Paisa Vasool
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Bapi-Tutul]]
| cover =
| released = November 2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Hindi film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label =
| producer =
}}

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!'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042806021438 |title=Paisa Vasool Music Review |publisher=[[Planet Bollywood]] |date=November 2003}}</ref>

Satyajit from Smashhits.com called the soundtrack 'a complete washout' stating that the soundtrack is 'rather a rehashed version of many remix albums'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smashits.com/music-review-of-paisa-vasool/music-review-3144.html |title=Paisa Vasool Music Review |publisher=[[Smash Hits]] |date=10 December 2003 |access-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130630080500/http://www.smashits.com/music-review-of-paisa-vasool/music-review-3144.html |archive-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Paisa Vasool
| extra1 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length1 = 04.18

| title2 = Maine Saiyan Ki Demand
| extra2 = [[Ila Arun]]
| length2 = 03.03

| title3 = Rukte Chalte
| extra3 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length3 = 04.44

| title4 = Bindas
| extra4 = [[Vasundhara Das]]
| length4 = 04.07

| title5 = Paisa Vasool – Male
| extra5 = [[Hamza Farooqui]]
| length5 = 04.16

| title6 = Helen’s Dance
| extra6 = [[Pandit Sukhdev Chaturvedi]], [[Swastika]]
| length6 = 06.40

| title7 = Yaadon Mein Aksar Aate Rahe
| extra7 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length7 = 03.25

| title8 = Sabse Bada Rupayya
| extra8 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length8 = 04.42

| title9 = Hai Re Hai Tera Ghungta
| extra9 = [[Kunal Ganjanwala]], [[Soumya Rao]]
| length9 = 05.11
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0396782|Paisa Vasool}}

{{Anurag Kashyap}}

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of British films]]
[[Category:Indian heist films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Anurag Kashyap]]