Manoharan did a bilingual Sinhala /Tamil rendition of the song which became quite popular in Tamil Nadu, mainly due to Radio Ceylon.
Ilayaraja then made a Tamil version – which had very little to do with the Sinhala version except for the refrain – for the Tamil film Avar Enakke Sontham, sung by Malaysia Vasudevan and Renuka.
A Goan, Konkani version was also made, and many people in India mistakenly believed this was the original.
It has featured in translated versions in several Indian movies, in both Tamil- notably the Sivaji Ganesan movie Thanga Padhakkam – and Hindi- it was sung by Asha Bhosle in Parmatma.
The song was remixed by Vijay Antony in 2008 film Pandhayam.