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Arya

Actor | * 12/11/1980 (43) | Kasaragod, Kerala (India)
Jamshad Cethirakath (born 11 December 1980), known by his stage name Arya, is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema and a few Malayalam and Telugu films. Arya has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and received two nominations each for Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards. He was included on the 2015 edition of the Forbes India Celebrity 100, a list based on the top earning Indian celebrities. Arya made his breakthrough portraying rogue characters in Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and Pattiyal (2006). He later won critical acclaim for playing an Aghori in Bala's Naan Kadavul (2009). He gained further commercial success with the release of the period drama Madrasapattinam (2010), the comedy film Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010), family action film Vettai (2012) and Atlee's family film ()
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Arya was born on 11 December 1980 in Trikarpur, India into a Malayali Muslim family. He has a younger brother, named Sathya, and Razi, who is studying. He graduated with an engineering degree from Crescent Engineering College, based at Vandalur, Chennai. He did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Romance / Love

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Movies with Arya as Actor(53)

as Manas2024 Saindhav
as Special Appearance2023 Madha Gaja Raja
as Kathar Basha aka Muthuramalingam2023 Katharbasha Endra Muthuramalingam
as Captain Vetriselvan2022 Captain
as Murali2021 Aranmanai 3
as Siva2021 Teddy
as Kabilan2021 Sarpatta Parambarai
as Rajiv2021 Enemy
as Abhishek Chandrakanth Varma "Abhi"2019 Kaappaan
as Magadevan and Muniraj2019 Magamuni
as Major Ayyappan, a Military officer(Cameo Appearance)2019 Pathinettam Padi
as Vishwas2018 Rajaratha
as Rajinikanth2018 Ghajinikanth
as Kadamban2017 Kadamban
as Andrews Eapen2017 The Great Father
as himself2017 Mupparimanam
as Arjun2016 Bangalore Naatkal
as Abhi2015 Inji Iduppazhagi
as Cameo appearance2015 Indru Netru Naalai
as 'Thoothkudi' Chinna2015 Yatchan
as Majnu2015 Double Barrel
as Guest appearance (Harish, Ramya's lover)2015 Trisha Illana Nayanthara
as Himself (Guest Appearance)2015 Romeo Juliet
as Guest Appearance2014 Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam
as Arul aka Siva2014 Meaghamann
as Madhu Balakrishnan / Maravan2013 Irandam Ulagam
as Guest Appearance2013 Kadhal 2 Kalyanam
as Jayaganthan (JK Boss)2013 Settai
as Arjun2013 Arrambam
as John2013 Raja Rani
as Rajini Murugan2012 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
as Guru Murthy2012 Vettai
as Kothuwal of Chirakkal/Thangachan2011 Urumi
as Kumbudren Saamy2011 Avan Ivan
as Chandru (Guest Appearance)2010 Va
as Doctor (Guest Appearance)2010 Kaadhal Solla Vandhen
as Diwakar2010 Varudu
as Elam Parithi2010 Madrasapattinam
as Bhaskaran2010 Boss Engira Baskaran
as Arjun/Shekar2010 Chikku Bukku
as Rudran2009 Naan Kadavul
as Karthik2009 Sarvam
as Arun (Guest Appearance)2009 Siva Manasula Sakthi
as Chandru2007 Oram Po
as Koshy2006 Pattiyal
as Burma2006 Vattaram
as Emaan2005 Ullam Ketkumae
as Kutty2005 Arinthum Ariyamalum

TV Shows/Series with Arya as Actor(2)

as Gautham Subramanian2023 The Village
as Himself - To promote film Ghajinikanth2017 Bigg Boss

Movies with Arya as Crew(7)

Production/Producer2022 Ottu
Production/Producer2017 The Great Father
Production/Producer2016 Darvinte Parinamam
Production/Producer2016 Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
Production/Producer2014 Amara Kaaviyam
Production/Producer2014 Jeeva

Additional Information

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Citizenship: India
Born: Thursday, 12/11 1980 (December) in Kasaragod, Kerala (India) (current age: 43 years + 135 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: B. S. Abdur Rahman University, SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai
Spouses (current/former): Sayyeshaa
Other names for Arya (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jamshad Cethirakath"
Arya frequently works together with these people:
Yuvan Shankar Raja (16x, Crew)
Na. Muthu Kumar (12x, Crew)
Sundar C (11x, Crew)
Vishnuvardhan (11x, Crew)
Shaji Nadesan (10x, Crew)
M. Rajesh (9x, Crew)
Santhanam (9x, Actor)
Andrea Jeremiah (9x, Crew)
Sreekar Prasad (8x, Crew)
Snehan (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:306797, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024