This film received humongously negative reviews from critics and also turned out to be aan enormous commercial failure. It is considered one of the worst films ever made, and is considered the worst ever Bollywood film along with [[Humshakals]] (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/2009/may/12/slide-show-3-rgv-ke-controversies.htm|title =Ram Gopal Varma ke controversies|date=12 May 2009|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Chaudhuri2014">{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|title=Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq-CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT423|date=12 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-799-8|pages=423–424}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] rated it zero out of five.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/review-rgv-ki-aag-is-rgv-ka-daag/47834-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722120747/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/review-rgv-ki-aag-is-rgv-ka-daag/47834-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-07-22|title=Review: RGV Ki Aag is RGV ka daag}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' stated that ''Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag'' "destroyed Bollywood's greatest film" and acknowledged that some "consider it the [[List of films considered the worst|world's worst film]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-31/news-interviews/28236351_1_rakhi-sawant-salman-khan-vivek-oberoi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020040304/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-31/news-interviews/28236351_1_rakhi-sawant-salman-khan-vivek-oberoi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-20 |title=A Decade of decadence |date=2010-12-31 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' awarded it the "Lifetime's Worst Ever Movie Award."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Review-Ram-Gopal-Varma-Ki-Aag/Article1-245543.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117015847/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Review-Ram-Gopal-Varma-Ki-Aag/Article1-245543.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-17 |title=Review: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2007-08-31 |access-date=2013-08-25 }}</ref> It came in first in a ''[[FHM (India)|FHM India]]'' list of the 57 worst movies ever made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhmindia.com/57-worst-films-ever-ii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012157/http://www.fhmindia.com/57-worst-films-ever-ii/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-12 |title=57 Worst Films Ever – II |publisher=[[FHM (India)]] |access-date=2013-08-25 }}</ref> ''[[Total Film]]'' included it in their list of the 66 worst films of all time.<ref name=TotalFilm>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/66-worst-movies-of-all-time|title=66 Worst Movies Of All Time|date=February 15, 2012 |work=[[Total Film]]|access-date=September 30, 2013 }}</ref> Amitabh Bachchan later admitted that the film was "a mistake."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/bollywood/news/a329312/amitabh-bachchan-ram-gopal-varma-ki-aag-a-mistake.html |title= Amitabh Bachchan: 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag a mistake' |publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref>