Exim Bank, a commercial bank and Anyadin, an entertainment magazine jointly introduced an award program, Humayun Ahmed Sahitya Puruskar, which would be conferred to two Writers every year on Ahmed's birth anniversary – November 12. The film Anil Bagchir Ekdin (2015), based on Ahmed's novel of the same name, directed by Morshedul Islam won six Bangladesh National Film Awards. Another film Krishnopokkho (2016), based on his novel, was directed by his wife Meher Afroz Shaon. In October 2016, she announced the production of the next film based on Ahmed's novel Nokkhotrer Raat. In June 2016, Government of Bangladesh approved a grant to produce a film based on his novel Devi.