Actor · Telugu cinema
Sumanth
Sumanth movies: 28 Telugu films on file, 1999–2026. Earliest on file: Prema Katha (1999). Latest release: Mahendragiri Varahi (11 September 2026).
- Films on file
- 28 (28 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1999–2026
- Selected films on file
- Sita Ramam, N.T.R: Mahanayakudu, N.T.R: Kathanayukudu
- Record
- Q7636956 on Wikidata
Sumanth (born Yarlagadda Sumanth Kumar, 9 February 1975) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Telugu cinema. The eldest grandson of Akkineni Nageswara Rao and a partner in Annapurna Studios, he debuted in Ram Gopal Varma‘s Prema Katha (1999) and is known for films such as Satyam (2003), Gowri (2004), Godavari (2006), Madhumasam (2007), Golconda High School (2011), Malli Raava (2017) and Anaganaga (2025).
Family and education
Sumanth was born in Hyderabad to the producer Surendra Yarlagadda and Satyavathi Akkineni. When his parents returned to the United States a few months after his birth, he stayed in India at the request of his grandfather, who wanted to raise his first grandchild himself. Nagarjuna is his uncle, and Naga Chaitanya, Akhil Akkineni and Sushanth are his cousins; his sister, Supriya, is an actress and producer. He studied at the Hyderabad Public School, then engineering in Michigan, before graduating in film studies from Columbia College Chicago in 1997.
Early films
Prema Katha was not a commercial success but was acclaimed and won five Nandi Awards, including Best Feature Film. Yuvakudu (2000) is now considered underrated, and several films after it did poorly. His breakthrough came with Satyam (2003), in which he played a struggling lyricist to strong reviews, followed by the hit Gowri (2004), a remake of the Tamil Thirumalai.
Godavari and after
Sekhar Kammula‘s Godavari (2006) remains one of his most acclaimed films; it was a critical and commercial success and won five Nandi Awards and a Filmfare Award. Madhumasam (2007) ran for 100 days. In Mohana Krishna Indraganti’s sports drama Golconda High School his role as a cricket coach was called his career best, though several failures followed.
Malli Raava
The romantic drama Malli Raava (2017), directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, was a hit and his best-reviewed film in years.
Recent work
He played his grandfather Akkineni Nageswara Rao in NTR: Kathanayakudu (2019), to high praise, and had supporting roles in the hits Sita Ramam and Vaathi. His streaming film Anaganaga (2025) was a major hit, with The Hindu calling it one of his finest performances. He also dubbed Ranveer Singh’s role in the Telugu version of 83.
Career on file
Sumanth appears in 28 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1999 to 2026. The earliest of them is Prema Katha (1999), and the most recent release is Mahendragiri Varahi (2026). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sita Ramam (2022), N.T.R: Mahanayakudu (2019) and N.T.R: Kathanayukudu (2019). Other recent releases on file are Newton's 3rd Law (2026), Aham Reboot (2024) and Malli Modalaindi (2022).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing seven films with Sumanth, followed by Kota Srinivasa Rao (5) and Tanikella Bharani (4). Among directors, Chandra Siddhartha, Surya Kiran and Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi each cast Sumanth in two films, more than any other director. Koti, M. M. Keeravani and Mani Sharma each scored three of them, more than any other music director; next are Chakri (2) and Ramana Gogula (2). Annapurna Studios produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 25 different directors, 19 music directors and 62 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 16 of them; they average 140 minutes, and the longest is Snehamante Idera at 179 minutes. 11 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1990s (1), 2000s (13), 2010s (8) and 2020s (6). 2011 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.