Sushanth is a Telugu film actor. He has appeared in Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 films in leading roles. He is the nephew of Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...

, whilst his cousins Sumanth

Sumanth

Sumanth is a Telugu film actor. He is the nephew of actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and grandson of actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He is also a partner in Annapurna Studios, a prominent film studio/production house that was established in 1975 by his grandfather....

 and Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Telugu films. He made his debut in the 2009 college film, Josh His second film, Gautham Menon's Ye Maaya Chesave became a commercial as well as critical success, with his portrayal of a love-torn film director winning him critical acclaim...

 are also actors.

Early career

Sushanth finished his MS in Computer Science at the University of Northern Virginia

University of Northern Virginia

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. He worked at Micron Technology

Micron Technology

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, Inc. for a brief period of time as a Manufacturing Engineer before returning to India to pursue acting.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2008	Kalidasu	Sushanth
2009	Current Current (film) Current is a 2009 romantic comedy drama Telugu film which stars Sushanth and Sneha Ullal....	Sushanth
2011	Gabbar Singh Gabbar Singh (film) Gabbar Singh is an upcoming Telugu action film. It is a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg. It will be directed by Harish Shankar and will star Pawan Kalyan...	Makkhi as Sushanth

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