Joy Mathur is an actor, known for his role in 2013’s popular TV series, Mahabharat, as Shishupal.
Joy Mathur is Muslim by religion. He has studied at Delhi University, but now is a Mumbaikar, who knows Haryanvi language very well, along with Hindi & English. He likes to read novels, specifically, romantic and emotional novels. He likes emotional movies like Braveheart, Titanic, Shindler's List, Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds and Guzaarish.Â
Joy’s musical taste swings towards melody/ emotional songs, like the ones performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mohamed Rafi, and
Kishore Kumar
. He likes to write poems, and likes to play cricket too. He claims to be a good bowler and a good batsman, an overall good all-rounder. He has been a swimmer & a kabaddi player.
He came in spotlight in February 2014, when media reports started coming out about him being part of Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s gigantic project Mahabharat on Star Plus. He played Shishupal, who is a distant cousin of Krishna, played by Saurabh Raj Jain.
Joy is desirous for directing a film. He has written scripts of Bhookhe and Victim. He has produced a short film- Half Murder. Joy has special affection towards animals, mainly dogs and cats. He has special feelings for under privileged children. He is anti-war/ anti-conflict, hates violence, anti-alcohol/ anti-smoking and resists killing of animals for food. It is really good to know someone like him, who is such a good human being. His fans love him and pray for his prosperous career.