Sumanth

Sumanth (Born Sumanth Kumar) is an Indian actor/producer known predominantly for his work in Telugu cinema. The eldest grandson of late Akkineni Nageswara Rao, he is also a partner in Annapurna Studios.He is best known for starring in the films, Satyam, Gowri, Godavari, Madhumasam, Golconda High School, and most recently Malli Raava.

Sumanth's father Surendra Yarlagadda is a retired film producer, noted for several hit films such as Shiva, Rao Gari Illu, Gaayam, Muchattaga Mugguru and Collector Gari Abbayi. Sumanth has one younger sister, Supriya Yarlagadda, who is the executive director of Annapurna Studios. Prominent actor Nagarjuna Akkineni is his maternal uncle. The famous late producer D. Ramanaidu is his uncle from his paternal side. Also, actors Venkatesh Daggubati, Rana Daggubati, Naga Chaitanya, Akhil Akkineni and Sushanth are his cousins; so is the noted film producer Daggubati Suresh Babu. In August 2004, Sumanth married former actress Keerthi Reddy. They, however, were divorced amicably in 2006.

Sumanth started his acting career, playing the lead in Ram Gopal Varma's Prema Katha, which released on April 15, 1999. Despite moderate commercial success, Sumanth's performance was well appreciated, and the film too won critical acclaim and several Nandi Awards. His next film, Yuvakudu, directed by Karunakaran and co-starring debutant Bhumika Chawla, did positive business at the box office and was critically hailed as well. His third film Pelli Sambandham gave him the opportunity to act beside his grandfather Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film, however, managed only average business at the box office. The same was the case with Snehamante Idera, where he was cast alongside his uncle Nagarjuna Akkineni.