Paisa Vasool (2017 film)

Paisa Vasool is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by V. Anand Prasad under Bhavya Creations banner and directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya Saran, Musskan Sethi and Vikramjeet Virk. music composed by Anup Rubens. The film marks Nandamuri Balakrishna's 101st film on the big screen, and he has for the first time singing a special song in this film with his own voice. The film received an average response from critics and grossed ₹36 crores against a production budget of ₹28 crores.

Plot
The film begins with Bob Marley, a Mafia Kingpin who remotely controls Hyderabad from Portugal. Being a tough nut, India's RAW agency Chief looks for a self-proclaimed criminal through a local IPS Officer, ACP Kiranmayi; she detects a deadly gangster, Theda Singh, acquitting from Tihar Jail, and she recruits him.

Meanwhile, Theda Singh joins as a neighbor of a beautiful girl, Harika, who is on a quest for her missing sister, Sarika, in Portugal. Due to Harika filing a complaint with authorities, she has left a threat from Bob Marley's acolytes. Theda Singh always shields her, and the two crushes. Suddenly, the RAW authorities are shocked when they hear that Theda Singh is a monster that recently landed in Portugal. Startlingly, Harika shoots him, discerning as Sarika's homicide, and the Indian Police Authority takes him into custody, and he spins back during the interrogation.

Theda Singh, a cab driver in Portugal, is no less than a rogue who participates in petty crimes. He once meets Sarika as his passenger, and being a journalist, she is under a sting operation on Bob Marley, and they fall in love. Bob Marley is conscious of Sarika's progress, which divulges the diabolic shade of so many Indian politicians & professionals. So, they ploy to slay her when Theda Singh arrives, and genuine suspense unveils him as an actual RAW Agent, Balakrishna Nandamuri, appointed to terminate Bob Marley. Following this, the attack gravely injures Sarika when higher authority edicts to free Bob Marley, who is on the verge of killing and must do so. Sarika leaves her breath in his lap, pleading with Balakrishna to care for her family. Thus, Balakrishna is devastated, loathes his department, and forges death.

In the present, the RAW Chief is about to approach Balakrishna, but gangsters attack him to make him collapse since he is the only one who knows Balakrishna's identity. The sole entity to mark his fingering is to conduct a re-interview of him, which he triumphs and takes charge of. Here, the RAW Chief recoups and orders Balakrishna to kill Bob Marley. At last, as a flabbergast, Balakrishna replies that he has already ceased Bob Marley on the day of Sarika's demise. Still, the wicked politicians & gangsters have counterfeited his existence to date, and he has eliminated them, too. Finally, the movie ends with Theda Singh / Balakrishna Nandamuri setting foot on his next mission.

Cast

 * Nandamuri Balakrishna as Theda Singh / RAW Agent 'Bala'
 * Shriya Saran as Sarika
 * Musskan Sethi as Harika
 * Vikramjeet Virk as Bob Marley
 * Kyra Dutt as ACP Kiranmayi
 * Kabir Bedi as Raw Chief
 * Ali as Theda Singh's friend
 * Pavitra Lokesh as Sarika and Harika's mother
 * Prudhviraj as Advocate Pruthviraj
 * Amit Tiwari as Sunny
 * Srikanth Iyyengar as Minister
 * Mukhtar Khan as Police Officer
 * Alok Jain as Pathan
 * Temper Vamsi as Bob Marley's henchman

Soundtrack
Music composed by Anup Rubens. Music released by ADITYA Music Company.

Production
In February 2017, director Puri Jagannath announced on Twitter that he would be directing Nandamuri Balakrishna's 101st film in his next directorial venture to be bankrolled by Bhavya Creations. The muhurtham shot took place on 9 March 2017 in Hyderabad amidst much fanfare. S. S. Rajamouli, Boyapati Srinu, Krish and other dignitaries attended the muhurat ceremony. While Rajamouli gave the clap, Boyapati directed the first shot. The first look of the movie along with the title was launched on 9 June 2017 on the eve of Balakrishna's birthday. On 27 August 2017, as a part of the film promotion Puri Jagannadh released a track called "Jai Balayya" composed by Sandeep Chowta and sung by Sujay Harthi. N.T.Rama Rao's old song "Kanti Choopu Cheptondi" from the movie Jeevitha Chakram was remixed in the film.

Critical response
Siddhartha of Mirchi9 wrote about the movie "Paisa Vasool is a very ordinary movie story wise. The film looks like a combination of past Puri Jagannadh films with best bits taken from each of them." He also added that "Overall, the movie is just an average fare if one is a fan of the star (Balakrishna), for others, it is nothing unmissable."