CNN-News18 included "Mayabazar" on its February 2014 list of "12 Indian films that would make great books", and in May 2014 Rediff included the film on its list of "The Best Mythological Films of Tamil Cinema". The Tamil film "Kalyana Samayal Saadham" (2013) was named after the song of the same name. The Andhra Pradesh state government planned to introduce the film as part of the tenth standard English syllabus in 2014. The fourth unit of the English textbook, "Films and Theatres", mentions "Mayabazar" and its actors and has two stills from the film. In March 2012, film historian Mohan Raman stated in an interview with "The Times of India" that "Mayabazar", which "perfected the art of trick photography", was "among the significant black and white films of yore", along with "Andha Naal" (1954) and "Uthama Puthiran" (1940).