The paisa (Bengali: পয়সা, Hindi: पैसा, Urdu: پیسہ) is a monetary unit in several countries. Linguistic variants of paisa include poisha (Bengali: পয়সা, in Bangladesh) and baisa (Arabic: بيسة‎, in Oman). In India, Nepal and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a rupee. In Bangladesh, the poisha equals ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a Bangladeshi taka. In Oman, the baisa equals ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an Omani rial.

The word paisa is actually a borrowing from the Persian language.

Until the 1950s in India and Pakistan (and before 1947 in British India), the paisa was equivalent to 3 pies, ¼ of an anna, or ¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee. After the transition from a non-decimal currency to a decimal currency, the paisa was known as a naya paisa ("new paisa") for a few years.

In Hindi, Afghan Persian, and other languages, the word paisa often means money or cash. Medieval-era trade routes that spanned the Arabian Sea between India, the Arab regions and East Africa spread the usage of Indian and Arabic currency terms across these areas. The word pesa as a reference to money in East African languages such as Swahili dates from that period. An example of this usage is the modern day Kenyan mobile-phone based money transfer service M-Pesa (which stands for mobile pesa or mobile money).

Allari Naresh (Telugu: అల్లరి నరేష్) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer EVV Satyanarayana. He got the tag "Allari" before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film in Tamil, Kurumbu which was a remake of Allari.

His career started with Allari, a comedy film. Later, with the movie Kithakitalu, directed by his father E. V. V. Satyanarayana. He had 8 movies released in 2008.

Maa Alludu Very Good was another movie. His favorite director is Ravi Babu.

He received Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu) in 2008 for his performance as "Gali Seenu" in the movie Gamyam. He did his schooling from Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai.

Mast Ali is a Hyderabadi actor and dialogue writer who is known for his Hyderabadi dialect humour. He is widely known as Saleem pheku from the movie The Angrez.

Although he was not the lead character, many considered him to be a show stealer. Moreover it was his Hyderabadi lehja (dialect) used in both the films that contributed immensely to their overall success. He has also acted in Hyderabad Nawaabs as munna an eve-teaser and also in Hyderabadi Bakra. Few other movies in which he acted are Half Fry,Berozgaar, Hungama in Dubai and Zabardast.