 The novel won the Sahitya Akademi Award.The other works of Dev adapted as movies are Aadhyathe Katha (1972) directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan, "Oru Sundariyude Athmakatha", renamed as Oru Sundariyude Katha and directed Thoppil Bhasi (1972) and Swapnam (1973), the directorial debut of Babu Nanthankode.His unfinished novel "Padicha Kallanmar" was later rewritten and published by his wife Seethalekshmi Dev.