 Fazil remade it into the Tamil film "Kadhalukku Mariyadhai" (1997) and Priyadarshan adapted the story for his Hindi film "Doli Saja Ke Rakhna" (1998).It was remade in 2007 in Kannada as "Preethigagi".Sudhish Kumar (Kunchacko Boban) moves to a new town to pursue his higher studies, in spite of the pressure from his parents (Thilakan, Srividya) to marry and settle down.