This is the first and the only film Manoj Kumar's brother Rajiv Goswami made and this is the last film Manoj Kumar acted in his production V.I.P. Films. After this film Manoj Kumar started. Jai Hind, starring Rishi Kapoor, Kunal Goswami, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala , Shilpa Shirodkar, Pran, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra, Monty, Mohnish Behl and others.
Actor and producer Manoj Kumar, incriminated by the Film Distributors' Association for allegedly not paying commission to a distributor, was given relief by the Bombay High Court in 2007. Manoj Kumar was fined over Rs 2 lakh by the Indian Motion Pictures' Distributors Association for failing to pay the commission to P V Sanghavi, who was awarded the Mumbai territory distribution rights for the actor's film in 1991.The film, 'Deshwasi', was produced by Kumar's brother Rajiv Goswami's VIP Films Combines, in which Manoj Kumar had a guest role. VIP Films had awarded distribution rights of the film to Sanghavi on March 26, 1991 for a period of five years on commission basis. Though Kumar was not party to the agreement, the movie posters and advertisements held Kumar as the presenter of the film.When VIP Films failed to pay Sanghavi his due commission in 1996, he approached the distributors' body and sought them to direct Kumar to pay. However, Kumar told IMPDA that he was not a party in the contract between Sanghavi and VIP Films and that his brother had shifted from the city and settled in Haryana. But the association still directed Kumar to pay up the Rs 2.21 lakhcommission along with interest to Sanghavi.Kumar moved the high court challenging the order. The division bench of Justices R M S Khandeparkar and D Y Chandrachud last week set aside IMPDA order, saying that Kumar was not a party to the contract.The judges also held that Kumar's name was only as the presenter of the film and had nothing to do with the production of the same.
After about 10 years after Kranti, Laxmikant-Pyarelal return to Manoj Kumar's production banner V.I.P. Films to compose music for Deshwasi.
The original title of this film was "Om Shanti". Then it was titled "Shanti". Finally it was re titled to "Deshwasi".
Manoj Kumar had a hard time finding distributors for the film due to Rajiv Goswami's failure as an actor.