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| Sumanth |
Sumanth Telugu Actor was born on (9 February 1975) is a Telugu film actor. He is the nephew of actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and grandson of actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
Education
Sumanth studied at the Hyderabad Public School, completing his high school in 1992. For his undergraduate studies, he went to the United States. He enrolled in an engineering course at Michigan. He later realized that it did not match his career ambitions, so he transferred to Columbia College in Chicago, where he received his B.A in Film in 1997, specializing in direction and screenwriting.
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Sumanth started his career in Telugu cinema in 1999 with Ram Gopal Varma's Prema Katha. The film received the Nandi award, selected as the third best film of that year. His subsequent films, Yuvakudu, Pelli Sambandham, and Snehamante Idera did average business at the box office.
In late 2003, after a self imposed hiatus of almost two years, he delivered his first blockbuster, Sathyam, Genelia D'Souza's debut Telugu film. '"Sathyam, which was produced by his uncle, Nagarjuna, was one of the highest grossing films of that year. In 2004, he followed it up with another hit film, Gowri. The year 2005 did not prove to be too good for Sumanth as he starred in the unsuccessful Dhana 51 and the average Mahanandi.
In 2006, Sumanth was chosen to play the lead in Sekhar Kammula's Godavari, which is the most critically acclaimed film of his career. It won several Nandi awards, including the second best film of 2006. Sekhar Kammula won the best director award.
Sumanth's next release was Chinnodu (2006). In 2007, he acted in two films, Madhumasam and Classmates. Madhumasam, which was produced by his uncle, D. Ramanaidu, proved to be successful at the box office, where as Classmates did not fare so well. In early 2008, Sumanth's home production Pourudu was an above average grosser. His most recent film, Boni, produced by the music director Ramana Gogula was released in mid 2009. He is currently working on a yet to be titled film, directed by Indraganti Mohan Krishna, under the Artbeat Capital banner. The film is slated for release in September 2010.
Personal life
In August 2004, he married Keerthi Reddy, a Telugu actress. They were divorced in 2006. He resides in Hyderabad with his grandparents, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Annapurna.
Filmography
Actor
* Boni (2009)
* Vijay IPS (2008)
* Pourudu (2008)
* Classmates (2007)
* Madhumasam (2007)
* Chinnodu (2006)
* Godavari (2006)
* Mahanandi (2005)
* Dhan 51 (2005)
* Soggadu (2005) (Special Appearance)
* Gowri (2004)
* Sathyam (2003)
* Snehamante Idera (2001)
* Ramma chilakamma (2001)
* Pelli sambhandham (2000)
* Yuvakudu (2000)
* Prema Katha (1999)
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