The plot unveils in Mumbai where Ram (Ayushmann Khurana) is a theater actor-director and one night he comes across Mandar Lele (Kunaal Roy Kapoor) who is full of negative vibes and wants to end his life.
Ram not only saves him from committing suicide but also works as a Godfather in resurrecting his life and reuniting him with his girlfriend Nandini (Pooja). But in his attempt, Ram himself falls for her, dumping his own girlfriend Chitra (Gaelyn). How he manages to come out of this chaos? That's how the story deals further.
Rohan Sippy, unlike his earlier flicks, has changed the dimension towards Mumbai locale and theatres and has peeked into the arenas where light-hearted dramas are enacted.
The Director has given attention to the golden touch which our local theatres deliver through its dramas.
The subject matter goes messy thereby. The love story, or say a love angle-cum-love triangle going parallel creates confusion in the spectators minds similar to the lead pairs are in their love life.
Apart from exploring love, ‘Nautanki Saala!' predominantly focuses on how the destinies of two men get locked in the most unusual way, leaving them immensely attached and their loyalties constantly tested through quirky challenges and undesirable temptations.