August Cinemas is the production company founded by actor Prithviraj along with ace cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan and businessman Shaji Nadesan. The first movie produced by August Cinemas was "Urumi" directed by Santosh Sivan with Prithviraj and Prabhudeva in the lead. Arya who played an important role in Urumi, later on, joined the production camp.The two Malayalam movies Urumi and Double Barrel having Arya in the cast were produced by August Cinemas.
 

The next film by August Cinemas "The Great Father" is a Mammootty film and is to be directed by Haneef Adeni. Arya will play the antagonist in this family thriller that has Sneha as the female lead. This would be Arya's third appearance in a Malayalam movie and his first full-fledged role. The first look of the Mammootty- Sneha starrer has been released and soon other updates are set to follow.