Sivannarayana Naripeddi


Sivannarayana Naripeddi is a Telugu actor. He started his film career with Grahanam. He won the Best comedian Nandi Award 2007 for ammamma.com TV show. He is best known to the Telugu audience as Appaji from Amrutham, a popular TV show. He acted in more than 100 films.

Early life

Sivannarayana was born in Sivaramapuram, Tallur Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. His parents are Venkata Subbaiah, Vaidehi. He is the youngest sibling among five children. He has three elder brothers and an elder sister. His parents belong to agricultural background. He completed his primary education in Thalluru Mandal, Bachelor's degree in Secunderabad. He also completed his master's degree in Theatre at Hyderabad Central University. He has theater experience from his childhood.

Career

After completing his education he worked as an officer in B.S.N.L. He lived in Sangareddy, Secunderabad as part of his job. During this time, he got in touch with different theater groups who perform stage dramas. Because of this stage shows, he got a chance in Amrutham TV serial. When he got busy as an actor, he took voluntary retirement from his service. He still spends some time on stage. His favorite roles in the TV serials are Nanna, Ammamma.com and Manga Tayaru.
After he got busy with the films, he is no longer acting in TV serials. He became popular for his natural style of acting.

Personal

He likes reading books. After entering into the film industry, he made a habit of watching movies regularly. He is married to Anuradha. He has two sons Sai Krishna, and Murali Krishna. They are doing their Engineering from GITAMS, Hyderabad.

Awards

TV shows