Arya (Actor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arya

• Does Arya smoke?: No

• Does Arya drink alcohol?: Not Known

• 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.

• During his college days, his friend and actor Srikanth started acting and insisted him to try his luck in acting.

• Things changed when director/cinematographer Jeeva called him for the audition for his Ullam Ketkumaein in 2003.

• Before being an actor, he worked as a software engineer.

• It was Jeeva, who gave him the stage name ‘Arya’.

• He is popularly known as ‘Kollywood’s playboy.’

• 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 has a production company called The Show People.

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

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

• On 13 June 2015, he won an international cycling event, Vätternrundan Motala cycle race in Sweden, which covered a distance of 300 km through mountains and lakes with strong winds.