Jai Sathish, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin settled in London, sent his modelling photographs to the "Star Search" service run by Suhasini's entertainment portal website TamilTalkies.com during the late 1990s.

K. Balachander used the 'Star Search' platform when casting a new actor to portray the second hero role in Rojavanam (1999) and selected him to be in the film under the stage name of Akash.

[5] In 2010, he starred in a bilingual movie,Vandae Maatharam, where he played alongside Mammootty and Arjun Sarja along with a huge array of actors in supporting roles.

[6] After a break in directing, Jai Akash returned as a director and acted in the film Ayudha Porattam (2011), which dealt with the issue of arms supply to the island nation of Sri Lanka during the civil war.

[8] Jai Akash entered the television field in 2020 with the Tamil soap opera Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham which premiered on 24 February 2020.