Vir Das and Sunny Leone both hated the movie
Asrani was embarrassed with this film due to its vulgarity he signed the film as he found Milap Zaveri impressive he had had to utter double meaning dialogue's which he had not done in his long career.
On February 3, 2016, protests flared in the Punjab city of Ludhiana, disrupting the screening and calling for the ban of this film. The protests were staged by the Hindu Nyay Peeth.Also, on February 10, 2016, an FIR against Sunny Leone and Vir Das was registered in the Adarsh Nagar Police Station in Delhi. The complaint was about the film hurting religious sentiments in the way that supposedly depicted promoting the use of a condom inside a temple.That same day, a complaint was filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) seeking a ban on the movie. It was based on the movie allegedly 'diminishing the dignity of wives and mothers of the Army men on duty.
After Ek Paheli Leela (2015), Mastizaade was the second movie in which Sunny Leone played a dual role.
The film was to release in May 2015 but got delayed by 8 months in censorship due to its adult content.