Dhiraj Vinod Kapoor

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Dhiraj Vinod Kapoor
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Kapoor's Fashion Photoshoot
Born25 October 1978
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Occupation(s)Actor, Model, Director, Board Advisor, Consultant, Producer, Brand Marketing, Entrepreneur, Founder of Limelight Biz, Founder & Managing Director of Dhiraj Walks of Art Private Limited, Founder of The 8888 Consultaancy
Years active2000–present
ParentViney Rani Kapoor & Vinod Kumar Kapoor
Website dhirajkapoor.com

Dhiraj Vinod Kapoor (earlier known as Dheeraj Kapoor Alias Dheiraj Kapoor, Dhirajj Vinodd Kapoor) is an Indian actor, [1] model, director, board advisor, consultant, producer and entrepreneur. Kapoor is known for his modeling assignments with Honda Activa TVC, Byford T-shirts Campaign, Gurukul Campaign, BPL net.com Campaign, and [2] IBM computers Campaigns.

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Early life

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. [3] [4]

Career

Dhiraj Vinod Kapoor [5] started his career with modeling assignments with Honda Activa TVC, Byford T-shirts Campaign, Gurukul Campaign, BPL net.com Campaign, and IBM computers Campaigns. 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]

Philanthropy

Currently, he serves as a Board Advisor for the "HOPE B~Lit Foundation" for their "A Voices Unheard Films" social awareness shorts and features. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleActorProducerNotes
2000The Murder That Never Was [12] LeadYesTheatrical play
2003Murder He WroteMain Lead/ PrithviYesYesShort film
2004Who Stole the Cookie JarLeadYesTheatrical play
2015Diary of The ActorMain LeadYesShort film (shooting completed)
2017Zindagi Chalte RaheMain Lead/ VedantYesShort film
2017Look out into the world with a clean slate.Main LeadYesYesShort film
2019The Last KoanAssociate ProducerYesFeature film [13]
2019Got Cancer [14] Associate ProducerYesA docu-fiction film
2019 Barot House ProducerYes Zee5 film [15]
2019 Posham Pa [16] ProducerYesZee5 film [17]
2020Got Cancer Survivor's Journey [18] Associate ProducerYesDocumentary film-Completed [19]
2021 Nail Polish [20] ProducerYes Zee5 originals film [21]
2022Anona [22] Main Lead/ ProducerYesYesFeature film - post production [23]

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