Peketi Sivaram

Peketi Sivaram was an Indian actor and film director.

Career

Peketi Sivaram acted in many Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, receiving recognition for the character Bhagavan in [Devdas (1953 Telugu language|Telugu film)|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.

Early and personal life

Peketi Sivaram was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru village, East Godavari district in the former Madras Presidency of British India.
He was briefly married to actress Jayanthi. He has four sons and four daughters. His daughter is married to Thiagarajan and their son, Prashanth, is an actor in Tamil movies.
He died in Chennai on 30 December 2006. At the time of his death, he was married to Prabhavathi.