Paisa Vasool manages to succeed where so may others have failed. It has managed to take a Hollywood movie (High Heels and Low Lifes) and add to it its own flavor without losing any of its quality.
SPOILER
Paisa Vasool starts just like its Hollywood counterpart with two women, Sushmita Sen and Manisha Koirala, who accidentally overhear a conversation in which a man confesses committing a jewelry heist to his girlfriend. Being the good citizens that they are, they try to call in the police. The police however ignores them so the two women take the only course of action left to them: they decide to blackmail the robber. Naturally this can not lead to anything good. What follows are attempts of the girls to enrich themselves and attempts of the robbers to wipe them out.
What is so special about Paisa Vasool is the way it starts with a good Hollywood movie and takes on a life of its own. Because of this Paisa Vasool has a very Hollywoodesque quality that expresses itself in the camerawork, very few songs and a minimal love story. The first half of Paisa Vasool pretty much follows HHLL except for a few details. After the intermission the story follows a different line mainly because of the addition of a third main character. Which is also when things start becoming interesting.
This movie is original. It's exciting. It's funny. And Sushmita Sen and Manisha Koirala are very good together. Can't wait to see more of them.
****/5 stars
SPOILER
Paisa Vasool starts just like its Hollywood counterpart with two women, Sushmita Sen and Manisha Koirala, who accidentally overhear a conversation in which a man confesses committing a jewelry heist to his girlfriend. Being the good citizens that they are, they try to call in the police. The police however ignores them so the two women take the only course of action left to them: they decide to blackmail the robber. Naturally this can not lead to anything good. What follows are attempts of the girls to enrich themselves and attempts of the robbers to wipe them out.
What is so special about Paisa Vasool is the way it starts with a good Hollywood movie and takes on a life of its own. Because of this Paisa Vasool has a very Hollywoodesque quality that expresses itself in the camerawork, very few songs and a minimal love story. The first half of Paisa Vasool pretty much follows HHLL except for a few details. After the intermission the story follows a different line mainly because of the addition of a third main character. Which is also when things start becoming interesting.
This movie is original. It's exciting. It's funny. And Sushmita Sen and Manisha Koirala are very good together. Can't wait to see more of them.
****/5 stars