Paisa Vasool (2004 film)

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After a chance encounter at a club, the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia.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

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″.

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!'

Satyajit from Smashhits.com called the soundtrack 'a complete washout' stating that the soundtrack is 'rather a rehashed version of many remix albums'.