The film based on the life of Maratha warrior, Baji Prabhu Deshpande, stars Chinmay Mandlekar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Ajay Purkar, Sameer Dharmadhikari, along with Ankit Mohan, Prajakta Mali and Kshitee Jog in supporting roles.

After Farzand and Fatteshikast, Digpal Lanjekar announced this third film on unsung Maratha heroes.

The film depicts the historical rearguard last stand that took place on 13 July 1660 at a mountain pass in the vicinity of fort Vishalgad, near the city of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India between the Maratha Warrior Baji Prabhu Deshpande and Siddi Masud of Adilshah Sultanate, known as Battle of Pavan Khind.

[3] The film begins in 1674 with the Shivaji Maharaj I (Chinmay Mandlekar) telling story of Battle of Pavan Khind to Sambhaji (Stavan Shinde).

Baji Prabhu Deshpande (Ajay Purkar) agreed to face Adilshah's troops with 300 soldiers.

Five hours after starting the battle, the cannons were fired announcing that Shivaji safely returned to Vishalgad.

[13] Soundtrack of the film is composed by Devdutta Manisha Baji and lyrics written by Digpal Lanjekar.

Video of track "Yugat Mandli" sung by Haridas Shinde, Avadhoot Gandhi was released in December 2021.

[19] Star India Network acquired by the satellite rights of this film Pawankhind collected ₹12.16 crore in the opening week of its release.

Mihir Bhanage from The Times of India gave 3.5 stars (out of 5), saying that "Pawankhind excels in storytelling, the technical aspects, though good, could have been better.

There are moments in the final action sequence when the VFX glitches are visible, but they do not hinder the story in any way.