"Missamma" was released theatrically on 12 January 1955, two days before "Missiamma". Both versions were commercially successful, completing 100-day theatrical runs. The bilingual film brought recognition to its cast and studio, and words and phrases from "Missamma" became part of Telugu vernacular. The film was remade in Hindi as "Miss Mary" (1957), again directed by Prasad. In the same year, it was adapted into the Marathi film "Jhakli Mooth". Bapu, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and Raavi Kondala Rao rewrote and adapted "Missamma" as "Pelli Pustakam" in 1991, with the premise of the original inverted: a married couple pretend to be unmarried to obtain employment.