Prakash works as a model for sherwanis in a shop in Hyderabad's Old City and dreams only of getting rich fast. His chance seems to arrive when he gets mixed up with a bag of black money meant to buy votes in an election, but the money belongs to powerful politicians and gangsters, and soon he is running for his life with the women in his life caught up in the chase. Directed by Krishna Vamsi, known for Ninne Pelladata and Murari, Paisa is a fast, satirical crime drama about greed and electoral corruption, set in the lanes and markets of the Old City. It gave Nani an early action-hero role and co-starred Catherine Tresa in one of her first Telugu films. The Hindi version is known as Kartoos – The Target.
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