Praveen Babi shot for the film but disappeared all of a sudden. That is when Zeenat Aman was brought in the film to replace her.
Inspired by the Telugu film Eenadu 1982. Inquilaab and Aaj Ka MLA Ram Avtar were also inspired from South Indian films based on corruption in politics. There was a race to see which film would release first. Inquilaab won that race affecting other two's business.
Sanjeev Kumar was keen to do the film but ended up losing it to Jeetendra. Padmalaya Studios wanted only Jeetendra for the film due to their past successful collaborations.
T. Rama Rao directed both Inquilab and Yeh Desh. Both films were based on corruption in the political system. Padmalaya was upset with Rao for giving preferable treatment to Inquilab. They felt T. Rama Rao was giving more time to Inquilab so it could release before Yeh Desh .This thing became true Inquilab released first inspite of Yeh Desh started one year earlier.
The film performed poorly as film released 4 weeks later than the same theme film Inquilab.