Sumanth Ashwin is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He is the son of film producer and director M S Raju. Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with Tuneega Tuneega under his father's direction,for which he won CineMAA Awards Best Male Debut. The film failed at the box-office. His second film, directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, titled Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha, was successful at the box-office and was nominated for Best Film at the International Indian Film festival in South Africa.
Sumanth Ashwin got his first commercial break with the film Lovers. The film was co-produced by Director Maruthi. His fourth film Chakkiligintha was directed by one of director Sukumar's associates, Vema Reddy. 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.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.
Ashwin made his Web series debut through Endhukila in 2017 on YuppTV, where he played the character, Dhanush Rishi. He acted in the sequel to the super hit horror film, Prema Katha Chitram 2. His recent films were, Idhe Maa Katha, a road- trip subject oriented film that was released in 2021 and in 2022, his other film, 7 Days 6 Nights, was released. This is a coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by his father M S Raju.
Ashwin married Deepika, a research scientist in 2021.
