The story revolves around the love and marriage between Mamootty, a Muslim and Karthy, a Nair Hindu.
Though converted to Islam, Karthy is unable to resist the primeval tug of her original religion.
We see pantheistic pagan traditions asserting themselves over members of all communities-as Mother Goddess for Hindus, as the Beevi and Jarum for the Muslims.
Sufi Paranja Katha was serialised in Kalakaumudi weekly in 1989 with the accompaniment of illustrations by the Artist Namboothiri.
Sufi Paranja Katha has been translated into English, French, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Konkani, Telugu and Bengali.
L. R. Swamy translated the novel into Telugu under the title Sufi Cheppina Katha (సూఫీ చెప్పిన కథ) which was published by Saranga Books in August 2012.
[1][6] The 2010 film adaptation of the novel was released with Sharbani Mukherjee as Karthy, Thampi Antony as Sanku Menon and Prakash Bare as Mammootty, directed by Priyanandanan.
Ramanunni says he has not deviated much from the novel and wrote the script with a lot of care as it dealt with a sensitive theme.
"In order to enhance cinematic effects, only one small portion of the story has been done away with and the anti-colonial sentiments have been highlighted.