 "Vaanathaippola" subsequently went on to become the most commercially successful film in Tamil, running for over 250 days in theatres.Furthermore, the success of the film led to two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as several remakes in other Indian regional languages such as Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Bengali.The film was remade in Telugu as "Maa Annayya" with Rajasekhar in the title role.