Sumanth Shailendra
Born (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActor
Years active2011 – present
Parent
  • Shailendra Babu (father)

Sumanth Shailendra (born 7 September 1988) is an Indian actor working in Kannada and Telugu language films. He made his acting debut in the 2011 film Aata and got a good break through from the film Dilwala (2013) which brought him much appreciation and popularity.[1] He is the son of popular Kannada film producer Shailendra Babu.[2]

Career

Sumanth debuted in films with the 2011 film, Aata which was produced by his father and directed by Vijayakumar. The film featured him as a football player from a middle class family. His portrayal of Rahul as the male lead opposite Vibha Natarajan, was not received well among the critics who found the film's plot and his performance to be disappointing.[3] Following this negative response, Sumanth underwent a rigorous training in acting at the Kishore Namith School of Acting and signed his second venture titled Dilwala starring opposite Radhika Pandit.[4] The film received positive reviews from critics with his performance being lauded and citing that a new star to be born in Kannada cinema.[5] The film turned out to be a huge commercial hit at the box-office.

Following this, Sumanth starred in a comedy entertainer Tirupathi Express (2014) alongside actress Kriti Kharbanda. This was a remake of Telugu hit film Venkatadri Express (2013). The film met with an average review from the critics.

Filmography

  • All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2011AataRahulDebut Film
2013DilwalaPrem
2014Tirupathi ExpressSumanth[6]
2015BettanagereShiva
2016Bhale JodiGautham
2017LeeCharlee "Lee"
2018Brand BabuDiamond BabuTelugu film;
Nominated–SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu)[7]
2020Miss India VikramTelugu Film
2021Govinda GovindaVenkat

References

  1. ↑ "Dilwala success party". Sify. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sumanth babu all set". Indiaglitz. 16 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Kannada Review: 'Aata' narration disappoints". IBN Live. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Radhika Pandit has been a mentor to me: Sumanth Shailendra". The Times of India. 1 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dilwala review". Chitraloka. 4 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sumanth Learns Comedy for Tirupati Express". New Indian Express. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sumanth Shailendra will make his Telugu debut with Brand Babu- The New Indian Express".
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