Peketi Sivaram


Peketi Sivaram was a South Indian actor and director.

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.
He directed a few Telugu and Kannada films including Chuttarikalu, Bhale Abbayilu, Kula Gouravam 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 and Krishna Kumar. With his first wife, he had four daughters: Laxmi, Shanti, Rani Kumar Tindal 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)