Movie Review: Govinda Naam Mera

Govinda Waghmare (Vicky) is married to Gauri (Bhumi) who dominates him and has created a ruckus in his life. His girlfriend Suku (Kiara) dreams to become a choreographer with Govinda. Amid all of this is his destiny that decides to turn the world upside down and begins the comedy of error where everything goes wrong until a master plan is hatched.

Written by Shashank Khaitan who has a pretty good track record of entertaining his audience in the commercial space with his original stories, Govinda Naam Mera is one of those films that doesn’t take itself seriously till the last 10 minutes where it finally decides to unfold all its cards. But that doesn’t mean the rest 2 hours or so are supposed to be entirely banal. It is built-up and Khaitan knows better how to do it. With a highly efficient and impressive Vicky Kaushal in the frame, he shapes an overtly dramatic world and one that cannot exist but sells it.

Shashank Khaitan as a director understands exactly what his audience expects out of him. He tries to cater that to them. But sometimes one can also see that clearly. With Govinda Naam Mera, he builds out and. out comedy with no other element overpowering. It is a tough job and he does it well enough to entertain the said audience.

The biggest takeaway from Govinda Naam Mera is the fact that Vicky Kaushal can be a David Dhawan hero too (the David of the 90s I meant). The actor so effortlessly blends in this setup and believes in Govinda Waghmare, that at no point do you see Vicky Kaushal. His approach to playing this part is more original than inspired or copied from the actors who have aced this genre. He is a surprise package in this one and more of this Mr Kaushal please!

Kiara Advani is growing immensely as an actor. She is not just a glamourous girlfriend here, but does have a whole lot to do. The actor impresses in whatever she is given and you are invested in what part she has in the story.

Bhumi Pednekar is fun to watch as she dominates every single person around her with her devil-may-care attitude. I hope there was more screentime given to her because she manages to turn heads even with the limited space. More of her could have added more flavour.

Renuka Shahane as Govinda’s mom is such a treat. Talking about her arc might give spoilers, so watch it yourself. Rest everyone including Amey Wagh, Truti Khamkar, Dayanand Shetty are amazing to watch.