Dhiraj Vinod Kapoor was born in Bangalore, India, on 25 October 1978; His mother Viney Rani Kapoor was a housewife and his father, Vinod Kumar Kapoor was a businessman, based out of Bangalore.

Kapoor has acted in four English plays with Mahesh Dattani and also acted in a Hindi play while doing his summer course in National School of Drama.

[6] In his early 20s Dhiraj moved away from his family retail business and started[7] Limelight in the millennium year with his close friend.

In 2005, to expand further, he moved to Mumbai, establishing himself nationally and[8] internationally as a producer.

[9] Moving back into India from Los Angeles with the conviction to do differentiated assignments for varied ventures in different industries such as Cinema, Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Information Technology, he has taken his entrepreneurial skills with the launch of his new company Dhiraj Walks of Art Pvt Ltd.[10] Currently, he serves as a Board Advisor for the "HOPE B~Lit Foundation" for their "A Voices Unheard Films" social awareness shorts and features.