Peketi Sivaram
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| Born | 8 October 1918 Pekeru, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died | 30 December 2006 (aged 88) Chennai, India |
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Peketi Sivaram[a] (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and film director.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Peketi Sivaram acted in many Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, receiving recognition for the character Bhagavan in Devadasu (1953).
He directed a few Telugu and Kannada films including Chuttarikalu (1968), Bhale Abbayilu (1969), Kula Gouravam (1972) starring N. T. Rama Rao and Rajkumar.
He received the H. M. Reddy award in 2002.[citation needed]
Early and Personal life
[edit]Peketi Sivaram was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru village, East Godavari district[1] in the former Madras Presidency of British India (present day Andhra Pradesh). He was a telugu brahmin.
He was briefly married to actress Jayanthi.[3] He has four sons and four daughters. [1][2] His daughter is married to Thiagarajan and their son, Prashanth, is an actor in Tamil movies.[1][2]
He died in Chennai on 30 December 2006.[1][2] At the time of his death, he was married to Prabhavathi.[1]
Filmography (partial)
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ His name was sometimes spelled "Shivaram"
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Peketi Sivaram Is No More". CineGoer.com. 30 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Telugu actor dead". The Hindu. 31 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Bharadwaj, K. v Aditya (26 July 2021). "Veteran multilingual actor Jayanthi passes away at 76". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
She was married to Telugu actor and filmmaker Peketi Shivaram, but the couple soon separated.
- ^ Narasimham, M.L. (13 May 2015). "Velugu Needalu (1961)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Aakasaramanna (1965)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
- 20th-century Indian people
- 1918 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from East Godavari district
- Male actors in Telugu cinema
- Indian male film actors
- Male actors in Kannada cinema
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- Film directors from Andhra Pradesh
- Kannada film directors
- Telugu film directors