 However, his next film, the action/romance "Boni" alongside Kriti Kharbanda released in mid 2009, and failed at the box office.In 2010, after a gap of almost a year, Sumanth took a rather experimental turn by starring in "Golconda High School", directed by the national award-winning Indraganti Mohan Krishna.It was based on the English novel "The Men Within", written by ex-cricketer Harimohan Paruvu, and it is regarded to be one of the first sports dramas in Telugu.