Reporting the news of an well-known person's demise is always saddening but it does hit the industry now and then, at the most unexpected moment. Character artist Peeli Sivam is a veteran performer who is the Tamil film industry and television industry for decades now.

Peeli Sivam has worked in movies like Thanga Paapa, Muhammad Bin Tuklak among many others. He has also won the 1995 Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actor in Stage Drama. The artist was 80 old who has passed away today at his Madurai residence.