“Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda”, also known as Sumanth, was born on Sunday, February 9, 1975 in Hyderabad, India (48 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Aquarius. Sumanth lived in India with his grandfather Akkineni Nageswara Rao, while his parents lived in the United States after his birth. Rao wanted to experience fatherhood with his own children and raised his first grandchild on his own during a hiatus from filming following a major heart surgery. He enrolled in Hyderabad Public School in 1991 and then went to Michigan, USA to pursue an engineering course. However, he eventually transferred to Columbia College Chicago, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in film studies in 1997.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′1″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Sumant’s father, Surendra Yarlagadda, was a film producer. His mother’s name is Sathyavathi Akinneni. He has a sister named Supriya Yarlagadda who is the executive director of Annapurna Studios.
Sumant’s father
Sumant and his mother
Sumant and his sister Supriya Yarragada
wife
Sumanth married former actress Keerthi Reddy in August 2004. However, the couple parted ways in 2006.
Sumanth and ex-wife Kelsey Reddy
other relatives
Former actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao is his grandfather.
Sumant’s grandparents
Actor Nageswara Akkineni is his uncle. Filmmaker D. Ramanaidu is his uncle.
Sumant’s uncle
His cousins are actors Naga Chaitanya, Akhil Akkineni and Sushanth.
Relationships/Affairs
Sumanth is said to be related to Pavitra. In 2021, the two were rumored to be getting married. However, Sumanth clarified the rumors in an interview and said;
Hi everyone…there are rumors that I’m getting married again. I want to clarify this for everyone. In real life, I won’t get married. I’m working on a film based on getting married again after a divorce. This is the first time I have seen a movie with such a storyline in Telugu. When we were filming the movie, a marriage certificate came out with my name on it. ”
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Profession
Movie
Sumanth started his acting career in the film Prema Katha (1999), in which he played the role of ‘Suri’.
Poster of the movie “Prema Katha” starring Sumant
In 2000, he appeared in the movie “Yuvakudu” as “Siva” and in the movie “Pelli Sambandham” as the grandson. In 2005, he acted in three consecutive films, including playing himself in “Soggadu”, followed by “Dhana” in the film “Dhana 51” and “Mahanandi” in “Dhana”. He plays the role of ‘Shankar’. Sumant has acted in Godavari (2006), Classmates (2007), Madhumasam (2008), Pourudu (2009), Raaj (2011), Emo Gurram Egaravachu ( 2014), Naruda Donoruda (2016), Malli Raava (2017), Idam Jagath (2018) and many more. In 2019, he played the role of “Akkineni Nageswara Rao” in the drama film “NTR: Kathanayakudu” and the sequel of “NTR: Mahanyakudu”. He plays the role of ‘Vikram’ in the movie Malli Modalaindi (2022).
Poster of the movie Malli Modalaindi starring Sumanth
He played the role of ‘Brigadier Vishnu Sharma’ in the film ‘Sita Ramam’ (2022). Sumanth acted in three films in 2023, including “Vaathi”, “Sir” and “Anangana Oka Rowdy”.
Awards
- In 2023, he was nominated for the “Best Supporting Actor” at the South Indian International Film Awards for the movie “Sita Ramam”
Facts/Trivia
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education