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Chal Mohan Ranga.
Directed by	Krishna Chaitanya
Screenplay by	Krishna Chaitanya
Story by	Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by	N. Sudhakar Reddy Pawan Kalyan Trivikram Srinivas
Starring	Nithiin Megha Akash
Cinematography	Natarajan Subramaniam
Edited by	M. S. Rajashekhar Reddy (S. R. Shekhar)
Music by	S. S. Thaman
Production companies	Shresht Movies Pawan Kalyan Creative Works
Release date	5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est. ₹17.6 crore

Chal Mohan Ranga (transl. Go ahead, Mohan Ranga) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Krishna Chaitanya and produced by Sudhakar Reddy along with Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Nithiin and Megha Akash, while Madhunandan, Rao Ramesh, Naresh and Lissy play supporting roles. The film has story by Trivikram Srinivas and the cinematography is by Natarajan Subramaniam.

The film's score and soundtrack are scored by S. S. Thaman. The theatrical trailer was released on 13 March 2018. The film was released on 5 April 2018 to mixed reviews praising the performances, music, and comedy but criticizing the story-less and flat narration. The film commercially failed at the box office. Lissy made her comeback with this film in a supporting role, after a 27-year hiatus.

Plot

The film opens with the arrival of an ambulance to a respective hospital. As the ambulance door opens and takes the victims of an accident to the ICU for treatment, Mohan Ranga (Nithiin) narrates his story. Mohan is an independent teenager in Hyderabad who is interested in going to the USA, but couldn't go. At last, he goes to the USA by taking a dead body, through which he got a visa. There, he meets Megha Lokesh in a car as he was going for a sponsorship interview. They fall in love and the story revolves. At last, they came to know they are friends before. The film concludes with the characters confessing to each other.

Cast

• Nithiin as Mohan Ranga
• Megha Akash as Megha Subramanyam
• Madhunandan as Vilas
• Rao Ramesh as Ramesh
• Naresh as Mohan's father
• Pragathi as Mohan's mother
• Lissy as Megha's mother
• Sanjay Swaroop as Megha's father
• Baby Hasini as Megha's sister
• Neeraja Kona as Miami
• Kireeti Damaraju as Ramesh's son
• Ashu Reddy as Ashu
• Rohini Hattangadi as Saroja
• Satya as Mohan's friend
• Pammi Sai as Mohan's friend

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack consists of six songs composed by S. S. Thaman.

Critical reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "‘Chal Mohan Ranga’ is an aimless and time-pass ride, which starts out with promise and has a few highs – if only it had a better story and character development." Priyanka Sundar of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that the film "suffers throughout because of cliches and would have been unbearable if not for the comedy woven throughout." Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that, "This was a soul-sucking experience and it's hard to recall any other ‘romantic drama’ in recent times which crushed the whole point of what makes a romantic film ‘romantic’ to pulp and that too in such a glorious manner." Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "First half is narrated in an entertaining way and the second half is saved by the climax. It's just a time pass film."

Notes

1. While the phrase is generally used while prodding someone encouragingly to move ahead, in this case, it may also mean to encourage the protagonist Mogan Ranga to go ahead.

References

1. Chal Mohana Ranga is all set for Grand Release Tomorrow! Archived 16 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Cinemagola (Summer 2018)
2. Hooli, Shekhar H. (10 September 2018). "Tollywood box office report of 2018: highest grossing Telugu movies of year; List of hits and flops". International Business Times, India Edition. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
3. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (4 April 2018). "Film with fun quotient". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
4. "Pawan Kalyan, Trivikram gave me complete freedom: 'Chal Mohana Ranga' director Krishna Chaitanya". The New Indian Express. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
5. "Chal Mohan Ranga (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
6. "Chal Mohan Ranga Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
7. "Chal Mohan Ranga movie review: Comedy saves this Nithiin starrer". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
8. "Chal Mohan Ranga movie review: Nithiin, Megha Akash-Starrer is a soul-sucking experience". First Post. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
9. "Chal Mohan Ranga movie review: Love in the US turns out to be a routine story". Deccan Chronicle. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

• Chal Mohan Ranga at IMDb

• 2018 films
• 2010s Telugu-language films
• Films shot in Andhra Pradesh
• Films shot in New Jersey
• Films set in Andhra Pradesh
• 2018 romantic comedy films
• Films scored by Thaman S
• Indian romantic comedy films