Jamshad Cethirakath, acknowledged by way of his stage call Arya, is an Indian film actor and producer, who particularly seems in Tamil movies except appearing in a number of Malayalam productions. He made his step forward portraying rogue characters in Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and Pattiyal (2006). He later gained critical acclaim for gambling an Aghori in Bala's Naan Kadavul (2009). Arya won similarly commercial fulfillment with the discharge of the length drama Madrasapattinam (2010), the comedy film Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010), and family movement film Vettai (2012).Arya has gained the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and received  nominations every for Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards.

While running as an assistant software engineer, Arya become approached via the cinematographer Jeeva to audition for his Ullam Ketkumae in 2003. The pair had lived in the identical neighbourhood. Arya signed on for the challenge and changed into given the stage name by means of Jeeva. The film become behind schedule. Hence, Arya's first look become as Kutty, in Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum, ".The film featured Arya because the adopted rogue son of a gangster,Critics suggested that Arya in a helping position "walks away with all of the applause" and "has the whole thing in him to make the big league" In an interview numerous years later, Arya also stated, "If people recognize Arya, it is due to the "Thee pidika" track", a music from the film's soundtrack, creditting and expressing gratitude to its composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. His subsequent launch, the not on time Ullam Ketkumae, portraying Arya as a university cricketer, additionally carried correct critiques and became a successful challenge at the field office. His 0.33 launch in 2005, changed into the campus romance tale, Oru Kalluriyin Kathai opposite Sonia Agarwal, took a strong openingbut didn't discover industrial popularity. However, after also gaining beneficial critiques for his overall performance, Arya turned into labelled as the new "pin-up" of Tamil cinema at the time and attracted offers for films.