Chal Mohan Ranga (transl. Go ahead, Mohan Ranga[N 1]) 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 in play supporting roles. The film has story by Trivikram Srinivas and the cinematography is by Natarajan Subramaniam.[4] The film's score and soundtrack are scored by S. S. Thaman. The theatrical trailer was released on March 13, 2018. The film was released on 5 April 2018 to decent reviews praising the performances, music, comedy and criticized the story-less and flat narration. Finally the film commercially failed at the box-office. Lissy made her comeback with this film in supporting roles, 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.
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."[6] 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."[7] 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."[8] 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."[9]
Notes
^While the phrase is generally used while prodding someone encouragingly to move ahead, in this case, it may also mean to encourage to the protagonist Mogan Ranga to go ahead.[3]
