Peketi Sivaram

Actor

Birthday October 8, 1918

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Pekeru, Madras Presidency, British India

DEATH DATE 2006-12-30, Chennai, India (88 years old)

Nationality India

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1918

Peketi Sivaram (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.

Peketi Sivaram was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru village, East Godavari district in the former Madras Presidency of British India (present day Andhra Pradesh).

He has four sons and four daughters.

He was briefly married to actress Jayanthi.

At the time of his death, he was married to Prabhavathi.

His grandson, Prashanth, is also an actor in Tamil movies.

1953

Peketi Sivaram acted in many Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, receiving recognition for the character Bhagavan in Devadasu (1953).

1968

He directed a few Telugu and Kannada films including Chuttarikalu (1968), Bhale Abbayilu (1969), Kula Gouravam (1972) starring N. T. Rama Rao and Rajkumar.

2002

He received the H. M. Reddy award in 2002.

2006

He died in Chennai on 30 December 2006.