''Chal Mohan Ranga'' () is a 2018 Indian

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film directed by

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and produced by Sudhakar Reddy along with

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and

Trivikram Srinivas Trivikram Srinivas (born Akella Naga Srinivasa Sarma; 7 November 1971) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised for his witty dialogues, humour, and philosophical themes, he is one of the high ...

. The film stars

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and

Megha Akash Megha Akash (born 26 October 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film ''Lie'' (2017). She made her Tamil film debut with '' Petta'' and Hindi film debut with ...

, while

Madhunandan Madhunandan is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He began his film career with the 2001 Telugu film, ''Nuvvu Nenu''. He has been in the film industry since he was 19 years old. He did a master's degree in business administration from ...

Rao Ramesh Rao Ramesh (born 25 May 1968) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, theatre, and television apart from some Tamil films. He is the son of veteran actor Rao Gopal Rao. Rao Ramesh initially appeared in ''Seema ...

, Naresh and Lissy play supporting roles. The film has story by Trivikram Srinivas and the cinematography is by

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. The film's score and soundtrack are scored by

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. The theatrical trailer was released on

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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 (

) 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

as Mohan Ranga *

as Megha Subramanyam *

as Vilas *

as Ramesh * Naresh as Mohan's father *

Pragathi Pragathi Mahavadi (born 16 April 1976) is an Indian film and television actress who has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema and in addition to Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. Early life Pragathi was born in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. ...

as Mohan's mother * Lissy as Megha's mother * Sanjay Swaroop as Megha's father * Baby Hasini as Megha's sister *

Neeraja Kona Neeraja Kona is an Indian stylist and costume designer who works in Telugu and Tamil films. Career Neeraja began her career assisting in styling for Jr NTR and Kajal Aggarwal for ''Baadshah'' (2013) directed by Srinu Vaitla. She was Nithiin's ...

as Miami *

Kireeti Damaraju Kireeti Damaraju is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He has learned acting and done theatre before venturing into films. He has played supporting roles in films such as '' Uyyala Jampala'' (2013), '' Yevade Subramanyam'' (2015), ''Vu ...

as Ramesh's son * Ashu Reddy as Ashu *

Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1951) is an Indian actress, known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one ...

as Saroja *

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as Mohan's friend *Pammi Sai as Mohan's friend

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack consists of six songs composed by

Critical reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chal Mohan Ranga 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