Background
Mathur was born in London, England. His father, a hotelier moved the family to Delhi when Mathur was a child, where he grew up, before moving with his family to Mumbai for a while, before coming back to Delhi.
Mathur was born in London, England. His father, a hotelier moved the family to Delhi when Mathur was a child, where he grew up, before moving with his family to Mumbai for a while, before coming back to Delhi.
He did his schooling at Saint Columba"s School, Delhi and at The British School, New Delhi where he completed his schooling. Subsequently he studied at Oaklands College, Street Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Mathur trained at both Barry John"s institute as well as the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New New York
Mathur served as assistant on the sets of the Bollywood films, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Rang De Basanti and Bunty Aur Babli. He also played a small role in. He has appeared opposite Irrfan Khan in Mira Nair"s Migration and worked with Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani in Farhan Akhtar"s Positive.
His performance as a struggling actor in Zoya Akhtar"s Luck By Chance received positive reviews.
He also appeared in Barah Aana with Naseeruddin Shah and in Karan Johar"s My Name Is Khan. In 2011 he appeared in Onir"s I Am in which he has a controversial gay love scene.
He also appeared in an Airtel 3G ad with Aditi Rao Hydari and in ad for Axis Bank. He is now slated to appear in the lead role of Bring on the Night (television series) which will be aired on Music Television India from the 22nd of September 2012.