 After doing dramas in college he decided to start acting.Govil got his first break in Indian cinema in the 1977 film "Paheli", when he was introduced to Tarachand Barjatya by his sister-in-law Tabassum.Barjatya was really impressed by Govil's performance in the film and he signed him a three-film-deal — Kanak Mishra's "Sawan Ko Aane Do" (1979), Vijay Kapoor's "Raadha Aur Seeta" (1979) and Satyen Bose's "Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin" (1979).