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Siva Reddy

Indian actor, mimicry artist

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7499248 ↗
Source-derived summary

Siva Reddy is an Indian mimicry artist, comedian and actor. He has worked in over 100 films and performed 6000 over stage shows, both in India and abroad in Telugu. He is popular for his imitation of popular Telugu film actors.

TV shows

Gemini TV - Jalsa (As an Anchor)

Zee Telugu - Chittam chittam Praya chittam

Gemini TV - Koteswara Rao

Maa TV – Gharshana Dance Show

ETV - Comedy Gang

Gemini TV - Joolakataka (as Judge)

Live shows

Stage Show for Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy

Sakshi – Vinayaka chavithi – Multiple Times

TV9 – Vinayaka chavithi – Mostly every Year

NTV - Different Shows

HMTV - Different Shows

Vajrotsavam - 2007

Open Heart with RK - ABN Telugu - 06-Jun-2019

TANA Celebrations 2003, 2005 ...

Editorial summary

“Siva Reddy” enters the record as indian actor, mimicry artist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Siva, Reddy and Indian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2019, 2003, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Siva, Reddy and Indian.
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“Siva Reddy” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Siva, Reddy and Indian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7499248. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007, 2019, 2003 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Siva Reddy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.