[6][7] Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor were announced in September 2024 as the leads along with Advait Chandan as the director, with the film's title revealed as Loveyapa.

[14] The music of the film is composed by White Noise Collective, Tanishk Bagchi, and Suyyash-Sidharth while lyrics are penned by SOM, Gurpreet Saini, MellowD, and Dhruv Yogi.

[16] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in considered it a "faithful, mechanical remake", adding that "the leads fit their roles in terms of age, they are sometimes hard-pressed to enact the ensuing mayhem".

[18] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express thought that the film "lacks sizzle" and wraps important stuff in oodles of banality".

[21] Justin Rao of The Hollywood Reporter India had mixed opinions on the remake and Khan's performance, but appreciated Desai's dialogues as well as Kapoor's potential as a "rom com actor in the making".