Yarlagadda Sumanth Kumar, a Telugu film actor hailing from the Akkineni family; nephew of Akkineni Nagarjuna and Amala.
The institute was founded by the Akkineni family, including Akkineni Nagarjuna and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
evvarikOsaM evaDunnaaDu poMDiraa poMDi (Lyrics: Kosaraju; Singer: Ghantasala; Music: T. Chalapati Rao; Actor: Akkineni Nageswara Rao)
Gowaramma Nee Mogudevaramma Evaramma Vaadevaramma (Lyricist: Kosaraju Raghavaiah; Singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and P. Susheela; Cast: Akkineni and Jamuna)
Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda (son of Surendra Yarlagadda & Satyavathi Akkineni)