MM Kreem recorded a song for the film. He is a die-hard RD Burman fan and one day when he came to know that his idol had not won any Filmfare awards in 1970s, he got angry and threw away all his Filmfare awards and other awards. MM Kreem went on to win Oscars and considers RD Burman as his idol.
After Raat flopped, Drohi was given to to distributors at a throw away price.
There was a shelved movie "Drohi" in 1982 starring Rajashekhar.
There was a shelved movie Jaydeep Pictures "Drohi"(1983) Starring Navin Nischol, Mahendra Sandhu,Rameshwari, Aruna Irani,Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Samar Chatterji.
Ram Gopal Varma mentioned in a interview that this film was a source of inspiration for two of his most successful films, Rangeela (1995) and Satya (1998).