Sumanth Ashwin

Sumanth Ashwin is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He is the son of film producer and director M. S. Raju. Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega, directed by his father, for which he won CineMAA Awards Best Male Debut.

Ashwin has also appeared in other films such as Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha, Kerintha and Columbus and Happy Wedding.

Personal life Ashwin married Deepika, a research scientist by profession in 2021.

Career Ashwin worked as a co-producer for Pournami (2006) under his father's production. He made his acting debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega under his father's direction. The film 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 film 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 and himself playing the lead again, but the remake rights of the film for Kannada had been sold before the film's Telugu release.

Ashwin's 2015 film 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. Later that year. he also starred in Columbus directed by debutante R. Samala, featuring Seerat Kapoor and Mishti Chakraborty opposite him.

Filmography Films

Year Title Role Notes 2012 Tuneega Tuneega Karthik Ramaswamy CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut Won 2013 Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha Anil 2014 Lovers Siddu Chakkiligintha Aadi 2015 Kerintha Jai Columbus Ashwin 2016 Right Right Ravi 2017 Fashion Designer S/O Ladies Tailor Gopalam 2018 Happy Wedding Anand 2019 Prema Katha Chitram 2 Sudheer 2021 Idhe Maa Katha Ajay 2022 7 Days 6 Nights Anand Also producer

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2017 Endhukila Dhanush Rishi Web series debut; YuppTV