 He is best known for starring in the films, Satyam, Gowri, "Godavari", "Madhumasam", Golconda High School, and more recently Malli Raava.Sumanth was born in Hyderabad, India, on 9th February, 1975.He is the only son of Yarlagadda Surendra and 
Akkineni Satyavathi,the eldest child of the Telugu film actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao.