Ashwin Kakumanu

Ashwin Kakumanu is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films and is known for his roles in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha, Megha and Zero.

Career

Ashwin initially auditioned for a role in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The director, Gautham Vasudev Menon, was close to giving him the role, but Ashwin was noticed by the assistant directors of the film who recommended him for the role of Arjun, the boyfriend of Sameera Reddy's character in Nadunisi Naaygal. Ashwin Kakumanu later featured in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha alongside Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja and Vaibhav Reddy. Ashwin appeared as a local Dharavi police officer, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman who had pulled out of the film. Ashwin next played a young scientist in A. R. Murugadoss's 7 Aum Arivu, alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. He also appeared in a guest appearance in Gautham Menon's Ekk Deewana Tha featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson.
Ashwin had his first leading role in the 2013 comedy film Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara and went on to star in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Megha. Among his projects are Zero, a supernatural thriller that features Ashwin as a social worker, Thiri, directed by Ashok Amritraj, and Thollaikatchi, a "romantic comedy film with a social message" directed by M.Sadiq khan. In Mani Ratnam's Magnum Opus Ponniyin Selvan, he plays the role of Senthan Amuthan.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Nadunisi Naaygal	Arjun
2011	Mankatha	Ganesh
2011	7 Aum Arivu	Ashwin
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Himself	Hindi film
2013	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Balakrishnan Gopalsamy
2013	Biriyani	Himself	Special appearance
2014	Megha	Mugilan
2015	Vedalam	Arjun
2016	Zero	Balaji
2017	Thiri	Jeeva
2019	Neerthirai
2020	Naanga Romba Busy	Karthik
2022	Ponniyin Selvan I	Senthan Amuthan
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Senthan Amuthan
2023	Pizza 3: The Mummy	Nalan
2025	Thanal	A former army soldier turned robber