Waghmare (Vicky Kaushal) works as a backup dancer for Bollywood films in Mumbai, and wishes to be a choreographer someday.

He has a bitter relationship with his wife Gauri (Bhumi Pednekar), and wants to divorce her, to be with his girlfriend Suku (Kiara Advani) who is also a dancer.

Gauri demands that in order to divorce her, he would first have to pay her ₹2 crores, returning the amount paid to him in dowry at the time of their marriage.

Govinda's father, Gopi Vishwakarma, was a famous fight choreographer and his mother, Asha Waghmare, was a backup dancer.

Govinda and Suku get an opportunity to choreograph a music video for the rich producer Ajit Dharkar's drug-addicted son Sandeep aka Sandy.

The music video is made, but Govinda and Suku have more screen time in it compared to Sandy, which angers Ajit and he demands that they repay him ₹30 lakhs, which was the amount spent in making the song.

It was announced in January 2020 that Karan Johar and Shashank Khaitan were set to come together again after several collaborations for a spy comedy titled Mr. Lele starring Varun Dhawan, Bhumi Pednekar and Janhvi Kapoor.

[9] In November 2021, Karan Johar announced the film with the new current title as well as three character posters which introduced Kaushal as Govinda Waghmare, Pednekar as his wife and Advani as his girlfriend.

[13] Archika Khurana of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Right from Vicky and Kiara shaking a leg to the track Pappi Jhappi to donning matching outfits, everything reminds you of the madness and quirks of the 90s comedies.

[14] Sonil Dedhia of News 18 rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Govinda Naam Mera is the kind of low-brow humour you enjoy without pretensions.

[15] Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Govinda Naam Mera rests on a far-fetched and illogical second half.

[16] Taru B Masand of Times Now gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "It is a family entertainer and a perfect pick for a movie night.

Despite the slow build-up, the film emerges as a winner with its comic timings, a cameo by Ranbir Kapoor, brilliant climax, and just a perfect cast".

[17] Prateek Sur of Outlook rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Govinda Naam Mera saves itself with a killer climax.

[19] Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Govinda Naam Mera is surprisingly a very smart movie that draws the blueprint of the past but also realises the time it is made in.

Kaushal is so effortlessly blends in this setup and believes in Govinda Waghmare, Advani is growing immensely she impresses in whatever she is given and you are invested in what part she has in the story rather than being a glamourous [sic] girlfriend, Pednekar is fun to watch but hope there was more screentime of her because she manages to turn heads even with the limited space.

[20] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Govinda Naam Mera is a trippy laugh riot with a surprising events, but still a one-time watch.

[22] Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Govinda Naam Mera is a letdown.