After Kismatwala the filmaker, S.D.Narang had launched with Mahurat a film titled Nishanabaaz with Shatrughan Sinha and Hema Malini with music by Ravindra Jain, but before the shooting of the film could start S.D.Narang died and the film was shelved.
This film Kismatwala was delayed and the film was released after the death of its maker S.D.Narang.
Kismatwala was delayed before the death of S.d.Narang. Before release the filmmaker launched an Shatrughan Sinha and Hema Malini movie, Nishaanebaazi.
S.D. Narang cried foul to the media. He had signed Kim for a guest appearance in the song "Boogie ". Kim was told it was a important song and would take the film's story further. When she reported to the sets, Kim saw Ranjeeta Kaur also dancing to the song. This angered her as she was lied to. Narang told her it was a solo song. Kim refused to report the next day and finish the shooting of the song. This delayed the film.
When the film was launched in 1980, it was titled "Dilruba Dillwali". Bindiya Goswami was signed for the film but later replaced by Preeti Sapru.