 Parts of "Kashi ka Assi" have been adapted to theatre by eminent director Usha Ganguly and the novel is also being adapted into a feature film, Mohalla Assi, by Chandraprakash Dwivedi.Kashinath Singh received Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel "Rehan Par Ragghu" in 2011.In recent times, "Kashinama", a play based on "Kashi Ka Assi" has been staged 125 times in India and abroad