In a recent post, Arjun Mathur remembers the one incident of his life, that he can't forget even today. He narrated the horrific car incident in which he lost his mother.
Popular actor, Arjun Mathur, who played the character of ‘Karan Mehra’ in Made In Heaven, got immense popularity with his stint in the show. For the same, he was even nominated in the ‘Best Performance by an Actor’ category at the prestigious International Emmy Awards 2020. Apart from that, the British-Indian actor worked in many films, web series and television serials, including Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, Luck By Chance, My Name Is Khan and Ankur Arora Murder Case, among others.
Now, taking to his IG handle, Arjun Mathur opened up about a tragic incident in his life when he was just 13 years old. He talked about the unhealed wounds of his mother's untimely demise due to a car accident. He shared an array of photos of him alongside his mother, from his childhood, and walked down the memory lane. However, in the caption, he wrote about the fateful trip that is etched in his mind forever. Mentioning how the entire episode still haunts him, he penned:
“The wounds have healed. The pain gets worse. And comes at me in ways I could never have imagined. 29 years today, to that fateful road trip. Will never forget this song, which haunts me even today – the one we were singing along to, moments before that Maruti 1000 skid off that ghat. Maa.”
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Earlier, when Arjun graced the Imagine – Parenting with Courage conference in 2019, he opened up about the same incident when he lost his mother untimely. He mentioned how his father was driving the car, and he, along with his mother and two siblings, were travelling on a road trip when the incident took place. Further, Arjun mentioned that after this incident, his father was left with him and his siblings to look after them all alone. However, Arjun also mentioned that it created a sense of self-doubt in him, and shared:
“I don’t know. At the time, you really don’t know what happened. You only know that something bad has happened and you are just coping. I don’t think until much later in life, when you are actually facing life, work, relationships… the way you behave, an insecurity or a self-doubt that you have and where does it come from and then it can be traced back to this one event. I don’t know how it changed me then.”
In the same conversation, Arjun mentioned that despite his father working non-stop to give everything his kids ever needed, the actor didn't get the emotional support. The actor then mentioned how he became a severely ill-mannered kid after his mother's demise. In addition, the trauma of losing a close one left him in absolute confusion. He confessed:
“He (his father) was very busy and suddenly he had three kids, all in their teenage. He didn’t know what to do except for working and providing, but I think he unfortunately could not provide us with the emotional support that we required. He knew how to manage his hotel and he would try to manage his family that way. But, it wasn’t working. And, I rebelled in every way I could. I did not want to study. My interest was more towards arts and drama, but that was not being understood very well."
He added:
"Also at the same time, when I was around 14-15, I started smoking and drinking. Everything was met with a lot of consequences. So I grew up with a lot of fear of my father. The language in which you speak to your children becomes what they tell themselves. It might have come out of frustration or lack of control, but it definitely wasn’t helpful to that 14-year-old child to hear things, which kind of devalued him as a person or made him feel less intelligent or unworthy. I would try to instill as much self-worth and self-value as much as possible in that child.”
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Coming to his personal life, Arjun Mathur was earlier married to Simrit Malhi but they reportedly parted ways after two years of their married lives in 2012. After his bitter divorce, Arjun Mathur fell in love with famous production designer, Tiya Tejpal as per multiple reports. The lovebirds often share cutesy pictures on their respective social media handles. Once, in an interview with Koimoi, Arjun opened up about his cosy pictures with Tiya and confirmed their relationship by saying that they had been in a very loving and happy relationship for quite some time.
We are shocked to know about the tragic incident that took place in Arjun's life when he was just 13 years old.
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