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{{short description| 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hansal Mehta}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chhalaang
| image = Chhalaang film poster.jpg
| caption = Release poster
| director = [[Hansal Mehta]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
*[[Ajay Devgn|Ajay Devgan]]
*[[Luv Ranjan]]
*[[Ankur Garg]]
*[[Bhushan Kumar]]
*[[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]]
}}
| writer = Luv Ranjan Aseem Arrora [[Zeishan Quadri]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Rajkummar Rao]]
*[[Nushrat Bharucha]]
*[[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]]
*[[Saurabh Shukla]]
}}
| studio = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series Films]] [[Luv Films]] [[Ajay Devgn FFilms]]
| distributor = [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| narrator =
| music = Hitesh Sonik [[Guru Randhawa]]–Vee [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] [[Vishal–Shekhar]] Kirti Sourove
| cinematography = Eeshit Narain
| editing = [[Akiv Ali]] Chetan Solanki
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|11|13|ref1=<ref name=rd />}}
| runtime = 136 minutes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/chhalaang-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mdk3mzi|title=Chhalaang (2020) |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}

'''''Chhalaang''''' ({{trans|Leap}}) is a 2020 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[sports film|sports]] [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Hansal Mehta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/100918/turram-khan-rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharucha-to-star-in-hansal-mehta-fil.html|title=Turram Khan: Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha to star in Hansal Mehta's comedy film|date=10 September 2018|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> It is produced by [[Ajay Devgn|Ajay Devgan]], [[Luv Ranjan]], [[Ankur Garg]] and presented by [[Bhushan Kumar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/893823/hansal-mehtas-next-turram-khan-with-rajkummar-rao-and-nushrat-bharucha|title=Hansal Mehta's next: 'Turram Khan' with Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha|date=23 February 2019|publisher=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> ''Chhalaang'' stars [[Rajkummar Rao]], [[Nushrat Bharucha]] and [[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-and-nushrat-bharucha-to-co-star-in-hansal-mehtas-turram-khan-1914361|title=Rajkummar Rao And Nushrat Bharucha To Co-Star In Hansal Mehta's Turram Khan|date=10 September 2019|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] commenced in last quarter of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharucha-to-star-in-hansal-mehtas-upcoming-comedy-film-turram-khan-5151311.html|title=Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha to star in Hansal Mehta's upcoming comedy film Turram Khan|date=10 September 2019|publisher=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> Initially named ''Turram Khan'', ''Chhalaang'' [[Wrap (filmmaking)|was wrapped up]] in August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood-rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharucha-hansal-mehta-s-comedy-turram-khan-ajay-devgn-luv-ranjan-luv-sex-aur-dhokha-462354|title=Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha reunite for Hansal Mehta's comedy Turram Khan|date=10 September 2018|publisher=[[India TV]]}}</ref> Initially scheduled for a theatrical premiere, it was directly released online on [[Amazon Prime Video]] on 13 November 2020, coinciding with [[Diwali]].<ref name=rd>{{Cite web|title=Coolie No. 1, Durgavati, Chhalaang among films to release directly on Amazon Prime Video India|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/coolie-no-1-durgavati-chhalaang-among-films-to-release-directly-amazon-prime-video-india-8895581.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=First Post|date=9 October 2020|language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Mahender Singh Hooda aka Montu is a lazy, uninspired, and unprofessional physical training instructor (PTI) at a school in Haryana, a job he got courtesy of his father Kamlesh Singh Hooda's influence as a lawyer. He lives with his parents and his brother and spends most of his time hanging out and messing around with his teacher-buddy, Mr. Shukla. When Neelima Mehra arrives in Montu's school as a new computer teacher, Montu finds himself falling in love with her, and the two start to grow very close when she tells her nickname Neelu.

To his surprise, Montu finds out that the school hired a new PTI, Inder Mohan Singh, as the government required PTIs to have a physical education degree, which Montu didn't have. Begrudgingly, Montu accepts a role as Inder Mohan's assistant. Montu quickly realizes that Inder Mohan is a much better PT teacher than him, and gets even more irked when Neelu starts spending more time with Inder Mohan. One day, Inder Mohan keeps Montu's brother, Babloo, pinned to the ground as a punishment for not paying attention. This leads to a fight between Montu and Inder Mohan, after which Montu quits his job at the school.

Montu soon realizes that he cannot quit his job, and returns to the school to challenge Inder Mohan with a three sport competition: basketball, a 400m relay race, and [[kabaddi]]. Montu and Inder Mohan would coach the two separate groups of students participating. Whomever's team won the competition would stay as the PT teacher, while the other would have to leave, and Inder Mohan accepts the challenge. Montu foolishly lets Inder Mohan choose his team first in an attempt to impress Neelu by showing her his humility, and it backfires on him when he is left with a significantly weaker team.

As Montu starts to lose hope, Neelu comes to his side and helps him coach his team. She advises him to choose several girls for his team, which he does. Then, she helps him implement very unorthodox training regimes, such as running from guard dogs to increase speed, catching loose chickens to increase agility, and dribbling a basketball through a cow dung minefield to increase dribbling ability. Their efforts pay off, however, the children's parents start to revolt, saying that the competition is dragging their children's focus away from studies. Montu's father with the help of Neelu manage to get them back on board by using blackmail and threatening to re-open existing legal cases against them.

At the competition, Inder Mohan's team barely beat Montu's team in basketball, but Montu's team wins the competition with close victories in the 400m relay race and kabaddi. Inder Mohan accepts his defeat and congratulates Montu. Since, he realises that Inder is a much better coach than him, Montu proposes the idea of working together with Inder Mohan, as he has to learn a lot from him. Montu thanks the students and their parents for their trust and dedication. He then declares his love for Neelu, and she accepts his love proposal.

== Cast ==
* [[Rajkummar Rao]] as Mahender "Montu" Singh Hooda, a physical training instructor (PTI) (later becomes Neelu’s husband)
* [[Nushrat Bharucha]] as Neelima "Neelu" Mehra, a computer teacher in the same school(later becomes Montu's wife)
* [[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]] as Inder Mohan Singh, senior PTI in Montu's school
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Mr. Shukla, a former Hindi teacher and former principal of Montu's school
* [[Ila Arun]] as Usha Gehlot, the principal of Montu's school
* [[Satish Kaushik]] as Kamlesh Singh Hooda, a retired lawyer and Montu's father
* [[Jatin Sarna]] as Dimpy(chef in a small snacks shop)
* Naman Jain as Babloo Singh Hooda, Montu's younger brother and student of Singh Sir
* Garima Kaur as Pinky Yadav
* [[Baljinder Kaur]] as Kamla Singh Hooda, Montu's mother
* [[Suparna Marwah]] as Sakshi S. Mehra, Neelu's mother
* Rajiv Gupta as Sanjay Mehra, Neelu's father

== Production ==

[[Hansal Mehta]] announced the film on 10 August 2018 with the title "Turram Khan" and [[Rajkummar Rao]] and [[Nushrat Bharucha]] in the lead roles. In 2019, [[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]] joined the film to portray a supporting role.

[[Principal photography]] for the film began in late-2018. In June 2019, Rao and Mehta, along with Ayyub, were spotted filming a [[kabaddi]] scene in [[Mumbai]]'s [[Film City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha and Zeeshan Ayyub shoot for Turram Khan |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharucha-and-zeeshan-ayyub-shoot-for-turram-khan/articleshow/69730320.cms |access-date=7 July 2019 |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.]] |date=11 June 2019}}</ref>

In December 2019, the title of the film was changed to "Chhalaang",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharuchas-turram-khan-gets-new-title-chhalaang-film-to-now-release-on-31-january-2020-7752111.html|title=Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha's Turram Khan gets new title Chhalaang; film to now release on 31 January, 2020|publisher=Firstpost|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> which means "Jump".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/bollywood/story/rajkummar-rao-and-nushrat-bharucha-s-turram-khan-is-now-chhalaang-details-inside-1626164-2019-12-07|title=Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha's Turram Khan is now Chhalaang.|publisher=India Today|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>

==Release==
Initially planned for release on 31 January 2020, it was announced on 26 December 2019 that the film has been postponed to 13 March 2020. It was further scheduled to 12 June 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharuchas-hansal-mehta-family-drama-chhalaang-to-now-release-on-12-june-8037341.html|title=Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha's Hansal Mehta family drama Chhalaang to now release on 12 June |website=Firstpost|date=13 February 2020|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the film was again postponed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/nushrat-bharucha-shares-bts-picture-for-the-sets-of-chhalaang|title=Nushrat Bharucha shares BTS picture from sets of 'Chhalaang'|work=Republic World|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref> Finally it was released on 13 November 2020 on [[Amazon Prime Video]] coinciding with Diwali.<ref name=rd />

==Reception==
[[Anupama Chopra]] Editor-in-Chief of Film Companion wrote, "Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao constitute one of Hindi cinema’s most potent artistic collaborations. Their films – Shahid, for which Rajkummar won a National Award, City Lights, Aligarh, Omerta – are blistering, probing portraits of the state of our world. In Chhalaang, Hansal and Rajkummar attempt something more mainstream. They tell the uplifting story of a PT teacher in small-town Haryana, who finds his purpose in life through coaching the weakest kids in the school into a winning team. I suspect this conventional narrative went against their DNA. Chhalaang isn’t tear-your-hair-out awful. It’s just ordinary."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/chhalaang-amazon-prime-video-review-has-good-moments-that-get-lost-in-a-mountain-of-cliches-hansal-mehta-rajkummar-rao-anupama-chopra/?utm_source=Wikipedia&utm_medium=Seeding&utm_campaign=Reviewsutm_source=Wikipedia&utm_medium=Seeding&utm_campaign=Reviews/?utm_source=Wikipedia&utm_medium=Nov13&utm_campaign=ChhalaangReviewAnu|title=Chhalaang Movie Review|first=Anupama|last=Chopra|date=13 November 2020|work=Film Companion|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Chhalaang
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Hitesh Sonik, [[Guru Randhawa]]–Vee, [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] and [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2020|11|13}}<ref>
{{Cite web |title=Chhalaang – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |url=https://music.apple.com/qa/album/chhalaang-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1540111525|publisher=iTunes}}</ref>
| recorded = 2019
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 12:40
| language = Hindi
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| misc = {{external music video| header = Official audio
|{{YouTube|oKPG7LCBhFw|Chhalaang - Full Album}}
}}}}

The film's music was composed by Hitesh Sonik, [[Guru Randhawa]]–Vee, [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] and [[Vishal–Shekhar]] while lyrics written by [[Luv Ranjan]], Guru Randhawa, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Alfaaz, Hommie Dilliwala and Panchhi Jalonvi.

The song "Deedar De" is a recreation of "Deedar De" from the film ''[[Dus]]'' by [[Vishal–Shekhar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2020|title=Chhalaang song Deedar De out: Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat give sassy twist to the foot-tapping number|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/entertainment/music/chhalaang-song-deedar-de-out-rajkummar-rao-nushrat-bharucha-give-sassy-twist-to-the-foot-tapping-number-663848|access-date=10 November 2020 |website=India TV News |language=en}}</ref> People online criticized Vishal-Shekhar for recreating their song, but the duo clarified that they did not recreate the song, they were credited because they composed the original.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=Vishal-Shekhar distance themselves from Deedar De remix, say they were credited 'only because we composed the original'|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/vishal-shekhar-distance-themselves-from-deedar-de-remix-say-they-were-credited-only-because-we-composed-the-original/story-soeISs5LRGlrViAI3MhoiL.html|access-date=11 November 2020 |website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 12:40
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Care Ni Karda
| extra1 = Sweetaj Brar, Yo Yo Honey Singh
| music1 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]
| lyrics1 = Alfaaz, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hommie Dilliwala
| length1 = 3:12
| title2 = Teri Choriyaan
| extra2 = [[Guru Randhawa]], [[Payal Dev]]
| music2 = Guru Randhawa–Vee
| lyrics2 = [[Luv Ranjan]], Guru Randhawa
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = Le Chhalaang
| extra3 = [[Daler Mehndi]]
| music3 = Hitesh Sonik
| lyrics3 = [[Luv Ranjan]]
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Deedar De
| extra4 = [[Asees Kaur]], [[Dev Negi]]
| music4 = [[Vishal–Shekhar]] , Kirti Sourove
| lyrics4 = Panchhi Jalonvi
| length4 = 3:04
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|8983164}}
*''[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/chhalaang/ Chhalaang]'' on [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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