Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Peketi Sivaram
Peketi Sivaram movies: 44 Telugu films on file (43 as actor, 1 as director), 1953–1996. Earliest on file: Kanna Talli (1953). Latest release: Topi Raja Sweety Roja (1996).
- Films on file
- 44 (43 as actor, 1 as director)
- Years on file
- 1953–1996
- Born
- 8 October 1918 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 30 December 2006
- Selected films on file
- Devadasu, Govinda Govinda, Aakhari Poratam
- Record
- Q7161030 on Wikidata
Career on file
Peketi Sivaram has 44 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1953 to 1996: 43 films as actor and one film as director. The earliest of them is Kanna Talli (1953), and the most recent release is Topi Raja Sweety Roja (1996). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Devadasu (1953), Govinda Govinda (1994) and Aakhari Poratam (1988). Other recent releases on file are Mama Alludu (1990), Trimurtulu (1987) and Jagan (1984).
N. T. Rama Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing 23 films with Peketi Sivaram, followed by Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (15) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (14). Among directors, P. Pullaiah and Vedantam Raghavaiah each cast Peketi Sivaram in seven films, more than any other director; next are Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao (4) and Dasari Narayana Rao (2). Music on seven of them is by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, with Pendyala Nageswara Rao (6) and S. Rajeswara Rao (4) next. Anjali Pictures produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 24 different directors, 24 music directors and 70 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 39 of them; they average 161 minutes, and the longest is Suvarna Sundari at 208 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1950s (21), 1960s (14), 1970s (1), 1980s (5) and 1990s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.