 Missamma is one of the popular Telugu films of the 1950s featuring Ramana Reddy and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, who were considered the Laurel and Hardy of Telugu cinema at the time. According to Film News Anandan, a film historian, the success of Missamma influenced filmmakers to cast different actors for different versions of their films. The phrase "Adavari Matalaku Arthale Verule" became an idiom in Telugu, and the word "Thailam" spelt by Devaiah's character throughout the film became a synonymous term in the language for cash. On 23 January 1955, a 19-year-old woman named Muniamma gave birth to a baby girl in Roxy theatre, Madras while watching Missiamma. Both of them were rushed to Egmore Maternity Hospital where the baby was named Missiamma. Missiamma's success made Ganesan adopt the screen name Gemini Ganesan in order to avoid his name being confused with that of Sivaji Ganesan, another popular actor in Tamil cinema. The film proved to be a major breakthrough in the careers of Savitri and Jamuna as well.
