Peketi Sivaram

Peketi Sivaram
Peketi Sivaram
Born	8 October 1918; Pekeru, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	30 December 2006 (aged 88); Chennai, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Spouse(s)	Geetha Shivaram ; Jayanthi
Relatives	Thiagarajan(Son in law); Prashanth (grandson)

Peketi Sivaram (Telugu: పేకేటి శివరాం) (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.^[1]^[2]

Life sketch

He was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru village, East Godavari district in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India, present day Andhra Pradesh.

He 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.

He died in Chennai on 30 December 2006.

Personal life

He has five sons from two marriages, the second one to the actress Jayanthi. His sons are Krishna Mohan, Peketi Ranga Rao, Venku and Gopal Peketi (with his first wife) and with second wife Jayanthi - Krishna Kumar (ex-husband of Anu Prabhakar). With his first wife, he had four daughters: Laxmi, Shanti (wife of Thiagarajan), Rani Kumar Tindal (CA) and Poornima.

Peketi Ranga Rao is an art director while Thiagarajan is a film actor, producer and director. His grandson Prashanth, son of Thiagarajan, is also an actor in Tamil movies.

Filmography (partial)

Year	Film	Language	Credits
1953	Kanna Talli	Telugu	Actor
	Devadasu	Telugu	Actor/Bhagawan
	Gumasta	Telugu	Actor
1954	Rechukka	Telugu	Actor
	Vaddante Dabbu	Telugu	Actor
1955	Kanyasulkam	Telugu	Actor/Police Inspector
	Anarkali	Telugu	Actor
1956	Chiranjeevulu	Telugu	Actor/Ratnam
	Edi Nijam	Telugu	Actor/Guest
1957	Suvarna Sundari	Telugu	Actor/Vasanthudu
	Bhagya Rekha	Telugu	Actor
	Panduranga Mahatyam	Telugu	Actor
	Veera Kankanam	Telugu	Actor
	Vaddante Pelli	Telugu	Actor/Johnny
1958	Pelli Naati Pramanalu	Telugu	Actor/M.V.Hal
1959	Illarikam	Telugu	Actor
	Jayabheri	Telugu	Actor
1960	Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam	Telugu	Actor
1961	Velugu Needalu^[3]	Telugu	Actor
	Usha Parinayam	Telugu	Actor
1962	Gulebakavali Katha	Telugu	Actor
1964	Babruvahana	Telugu	Actor
	Murali Krishna	Telugu	Actor
1967	Chakra Theertha	Kannada	Director
1968	Chuttarikalu	Telugu	Director
1969	Punarjanma	Kannada	Director
	Bhale Abbayilu	Telugu	Director
1971	Kula Gourava	Kannada	Director
	Baala Bandana	Kannada	Director
1974	Alluri Seetarama Raju	Telugu	Actor/Dy. Collector
1975	Daari Tappida Maga	Kannada	Director
1976	Sutrada Bombe	Kannada	Director
1978	Maathu Thappadha Maga	Kannada	Director
1988	Aakhari Poratam	Telugu	Actor

References

^ http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm
^ Staff Reporter (31 December 2006). "Telugu actor dead". The Hindu. Kasturi and Sons. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ Narasimham, M.L. (13 May 2015). "Velugu Needalu (1961)". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

External links

Peketi Sivaram at IMDb

[1] ttp://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm

[thehindu-2] Staff Reporter (31 December 2006). "Telugu actor dead". The Hindu. Kasturi and Sons. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[BFTP-3] Narasimham, M.L. (13 May 2015). "Velugu Needalu (1961)". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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