His brother and South Indian actor Sathya once said that “Arya and I were not close to each other as brothers”.

He is also the owner of a restaurant, Sea Shell at Anna Nagar in Chennai.

He has a production company called The Show People.

Ajith Kumar was the first choice to play the role of an Aghori, Rudran in Naan Kadavul (2009), but later the role was offered to Arya.

He is popularly known as ‘Kollywood’s playboy.’.It was Jeeva, who gave him the stage name ‘Arya’.Before being an actor, he worked as a software engineer.Things changed when director/cinematographer Jeeva called him for the audition for his Ullam Ketkumaein in 2003.During his college days, his friend and actor Srikanth started acting and insisted him to try his luck in acting.Arya initially wanted to become a pilot in Indian Airforce, but his father got scared and told him to complete his engineering first before doing anything else.Therefore, it is illogical that he would make wrong comments about the Tamil film industry.Īmerican: House of Cards, Game of Thrones But, he clarified it by saying that Kollywood is the industry in which he has worked for initial part of his career and it is also the industry in which he has invested his own money. He has been alleged of dispraising the Tamil film industry in an international platform at an event arranged by a Malayalam network in Dubai.

In 2015, Arya said that when he asked Vishal how come he was releasing his film, Aambala, Vishal gave a controversial reply, 'Yevvana irundhaalum naan vettuven.' It went viral on the internet, after which Vishal clarified statements by his dear friend Arya to calm it down.SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, ChennaiĬrescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennaiįilm Debut: Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005, Tamil film)įather- Umar Cethirakath (Restaurateur and Former Footballer)īrother- Sathya Cethirakath and Razi Cethirakath

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