Sumanth Ashwin

Sumanth Ashwin, born Mantena Sumanth Ashwin Varma, is a Tollywood actor and son of Film producer and director M. S. Raju. He made his debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega under his father's direction and starred in the successful Kerintha and Columbus.

Early life
Before entering the film industry, Sumanth worked with his father in his production house Sumanth Art Productions. His grandfather, M. Rayapa Raju, was a famous Producer in Telugu Film Industry. Raju's cousin is Roja Movies' Proprietor M. Arjuna Raju.

Career
Sumanth Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega under his father's direction. The movie failed at the box-office. His second film, directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, was successful at the box-office and was nominated for Best Film at the International Indian Film festival in South Africa. Sumanth Ashwin got his first commercial break with the movie Lovers the film was co-produced by Director Maruthi. His Fourth Film Chakkiligintha was directed by one of Director Sukumar's associates, Vema Reddy. MS Raju had planned to remake this film in Kannada with Sumanth Ashwin himself playing the lead again, but the remake rights of the film for Kannada had been sold before the film's Telugu release.

Sumanth Ashwin's recent hit Kerintha is a romantic entertainer in which he played a role of college-goer; the film was directed by Sai Kiran Adivi and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film received positive reviews all over. He also enjoyed the success of Columbus directed by debutante R. Samala and featuring Seerat Kapoor and Mishti Chakraborty opposite him. The producers of the film released the movie on 22 October 2015.