in 1992, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring raghuvaran as alfonso, rajan p. dev as arupurayil kadungun, thilakan as kumaran vysyar, srividya as maggi, malavika avinash as elsee, vineeth as sasi, sudheesh as sivan and directed by lenin rajendran. mukundan assisted with writing the screenplay and with other production tasks. the film was critically well acclaimed and won the kerala state film award for best film.