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Missamma is a 1955 Indian bilingual romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad. Produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Telugu and Tamil, the film's script was adapted by Chakrapani from two Indian Bengali-language novels: Rabindranath Maitra's Manmoyee Girls School and Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Detective. Missamma also focused on social issues such as unemployment, corruption, and freedom of worship.
Production began in early 1954 as a bilingual film with an altered cast for the Tamil version, entitled Missiamma. The film tells the story of two unemployed people of different religions and mentalities: M. T. Rao and Mary. They pose as a married couple to obtain jobs in a high school founded by Gopalam, the zamindar of Appapuram. As Rao and Mary fall in love, Gopalam's nephew A. K. Raju (an amateur detective) learns that Mary is Gopalam's missing elder daughter Mahalakshmi; she is unaware of this.
N. T. Rama Rao and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna were originally cast as the lead pair, with Gemini Ganesan replacing Rama Rao in Missiamma. After a dispute with Bhanumathi, Chakrapani replaced her with Savitri. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna did the supporting roles, with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Nageswara Rao in Missiamma. S. V. Ranga Rao, Rushyendramani, Ramana Reddy, and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah played other supporting roles; M. N. Nambiar and K. Sarangkapani replaced the latter two in the Tamil version. C. P. Jambulingam and Kalyanam edited the film; Marcus Bartley was the cinematographer, and S. Rajeswara Rao composed the music.
Principal photography took place in and around Madras (now Chennai) and wrapped in December 1954 with a final film length of . Missamma was released on 12 January 1955, two days before Missiamma theatrical debut. 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. AVM Productions remade the film in Hindi as Miss Mary in 1957, Prasad's Bollywood directorial debut. Bapu, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and Raavi Kondala Rao rewrote and adapted Missamma as Pelli Pusthakam in 1991.
Missamma is a 2003 Telugu film Sivaji, Bhoomika Chawla and Laya. The movie is directed by G. Neelakanta Reddy. The film was remade in Kannada as Namaste Madam in 2014.
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Missamma (titled Missiamma in Tamil) is the feature film soundtrack of the 1955 Indian bilingual romantic comedy film of the same name directed by L. V. Prasad. Composed by S. Rajeswara Rao in both Telugu and Tamil languages, the soundtrack features 11 songs. Pingali Nagendrarao and Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the lyrics for the Telugu and Tamil versions. The soundtracks of Missamma and Missiamma, both marketed by HMV, were released on 1 and 31 Dececmber 1955 and received critical acclaim.