It was considered controversial because of the subject matter and initially it faced troubles with the Central Board of Film Certification.

Impressed by Jahaan's dancing skills, Sonia (Mink Brar) tells him that he could earn a large sum of money by stripping at shows.

At one of these shows he meets a middle-aged woman, Sharon (Mita Vashisht), and falls in love with her.

[6] On being asked why had he chose debutantes, Tijori relied that "no established actor will play a male stripper on screen".

[12] In her review for Rediff.com, Seema Pant wrote that Tijori's direction is full of loopholes, some of the dialogues did not make any sense, the sets were worse than the ones used for television.

Further, she wrote that the newcomers (Janjani, Sethi and Adyahsa) spoke their dialogues "without emotion or expression.

"[13] India Today called Tijori's direction amateurish but termed the film "an example of brave new breed.

"[14] Critic Taran Adarsh appreciated the film's first half but criticised the writer for the lame ending.

He complimented Tijori for choosing a bold topic for his first film and praised the choreography, especially that done in the songs and the strip show.

He called Janjani and Sethi "camera-friendly and a bundle of talent" and praised them for their acting in their debut.

"[15] Sify's Kunal Shah appreciated the film's writer for being able to add "brilliant turns of situations."

When asked about it, Deepak Tijori replied, “I had sold the Hindi version of Oops at a time when I was facing financial difficulties.

I guess Nagesh Kukunoor and myself were the early birds for making the English version of an Indian film (smiles)!” [19]