friend of O. Chandu Menon who worked as a Malayalam translator to the Madras Government. Another translation of the novel under the title Crescent Moon by R. Leeladevi was published in 1979. A translation by Anitha Devasia was published by Oxford University Press in 2005 and included in their Oxford India Paperbacks series. Adaptations The first adaptation of the novel was in 1896; a play under the title Indulekha was performed by National Club at V. J. T. Hall, Trivandrum. Further performances were held at Madras (1905) and Calicut (1911). In 1967, Kalanilayam Krishnan Nair adapted the novel into a film of the same title. The screenplay was written by Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair and the film starred Krishnan Nair's son Rajmohan as Madhavan and Sreekala as Indulekha. See also Malayalam novel Sarada (novel) Kundalatha References External links Novel and Short Story to the Present Day - by M T Vasudevan Nair Voice of Rebellion - a review by K. Kunhikrishnan A Book Review of Indulekha 1889 novels Novels set in Kerala Malayalam novels Novels by Oyyarathu Chandu Menon