"Fasana-e-Azad" was translated into Hindi as "Azad Katha" by Premchand, who also translated Sarshar's "Sair-i-Kohsar" as "Parvat Yatra".Satirist Sharad Joshi also penned a Hindi TV serial "Wah Janaab" based on "Fasana-e-Azad" which ran successfully on the state-run television channel Doordarshan in the 1980s.