Sumanth's Boni, Vijay IPS

Sabhash, Sumanth's incomplete film, has been renamed Vijay IPS and Nattikumar has taken up the project for completion. Hanumanth Reddy is the producer. The film has completed shooting and is getting ready for release in November. Sumanth's second film Boni, directed by debutant Raja Pipaala produced by music director-turned-producer Ramana Gogula under the uniquely named banner Green Mangoes, is also progressing at a brisk pace and will be ready for release in December. Insiders say that the young star has a role with some negative shades and that he’s gone out on a limb doing such a role at this stage of his film career. The heroine is a relatively unknown from Bangalore whom Ramana plans to introduce to the media and the public through a press conference. Even though he hails from a star-studded family like the Akkinenis, Sumanth has not had it easy and is climbing the rungs of stardom on his own steam. He is also known to be progressive and has said that he wouldn’t to have any comedy scenes (in his movies) aimed at the gay community as it might hurt some of his friends from the same community.