Sumanth Ashwin

Before entering the film industry, Ashwin worked with his father in his production house Sumanth Art Productions.[4] His grandfather M. Rayapa Raju was a famous producer in Telugu Film Industry.

Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega under his father's direction.[5][6] 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.[7] Sumanth Ashwin got his first commercial break with the film Lovers.[8] the film was co-produced by Director Maruthi. His fourth film Chakkiligintha was directed by one of director Sukumar's associates, Vema Reddy.[9][10] 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.[11]

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 and featuring Seerat Kapoor and Mishti Chakraborty opposite him.