Dheiraj Kapoor

Dheiraj Kapoor
Dheiraj Kapoor's Fashion Photoshoot
Born Dheeraj Kapoor
25 October 1978
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, Model, Director, Producer, Brand Marketing, Entrepreneur,Founder of Limelight Biz
Years active 2000–present
Website dheirajkapoor.com

Dheiraj Kapoor (born 25 October 1978) is an Indian film actor,[1] model, director, 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. Overall responsible for conceptualizing and organizing brand campaigns, events for the domestic/international markets for individuals, brands and Organizations. He is also into the business of managing all communications and networking in support of extraordinary productions, campaign shoots, events including Indian & International Celebrities and Artists.

Early life

[3] Dheiraj Kapoor was born in Bangalore, India, on 25 October 1978; His mother Viney Kapoor was a house wife and Vinod Kumar Kapoor is a businessman based out of Bangalore. His elder sister Anju Kapoor Wahid married to Captain Mustafa Jaglul Wahid is settled in Malaysia, elder brother Monissh Kapoor and his wife Bbarkha Kapoor and son Nikil Kapoor live in Bangalore. Younger sister Tina A Sinha and her husband Dr Ashok Sinha along with their son Ronak Sinha are settled in United Kingdom.[4] Dheiraj Kapoor studied in schools like Sophia High School, Sindhi high School, St. Fatima high school and St. Stracey Memorial High School where he mingled with students across a milieu of cultures. This was instrumental in nurturing his mind as a child to look at life through a much broader perspective, a contemporary outlook and therefore established a futuristic vision. The city of Bangalore is culturally oriented and caters to a cosmopolitan crowd hence growing up in this environment helped him to get exposed to art, culture, architecture and theatre. Since childhood Dheiraj Kapoor was always keen in participating in dramatics, acting, fancy dress and dancing competitions. This resulted in developing his passionate interest in the world of cinema.[5] Dheiraj is a linguist with fluency in many languages such as English, Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, and Urdu. He was an athlete and played almost every sport and won accolades and trophies in intra and inter school competitions. He was the Vice Captain for the Karnataka State Basketball Team and was the House Captain in his 10th grade.

Career

Dheiraj Kapoor started his career with modeling assignments with Honda Activa TVC, Byford t-shirts Campaign, Gurukul Campaign, BPL net.com Campaign, and IBM computers Campaigns. DK has also acted in four English plays with internationally acclaimed theatre personality Mahesh Dattani and also acted in a Hindi play while doing his summer course in National School of Drama.[6]

In his early[7] 20s Dheiraj moved away from his well-established family retail business to pursue his passion and interest in movies and entertainment industry. It was his latent entrepreneurial streak that challenged him to start[8] LIMELIGHT in the millennium year with his close friend. In just 3 years Limelight under the duo leadership succeeded and started growing from strength to strength and thereby gaining much recognition in the field of Advertising and Entertainment. In the year 2005 to expand further, he moved to Mumbai, establishing himself nationally and internationally.[9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 [10] The Murder That Never Was Lead Theatrical Play
2003 Murder He Wrote Main Lead/ Prithvi Short Film
2004 Who Stole the Cookie Jar Lead Theatrical Play
2015 [11] Anona Main Lead/ Vedant [12]Post Production
2015 Diary of The Actor Main Lead Shooting Completed

References

  1. ↑ FirstPost News Magazine " Dheiraj Kapoor photoshoot by Luv Israni"
  2. ↑ Ethnofiction Bollywood News " IBM Computers Ad Featuring Dheiraj Kapoor"
  3. ↑ Satyamurty K " The Hindu News- The Brains Behind it"
  4. ↑ " Who is Dheiraj Kapoor?", The Times of India. 25 August 2007.
  5. ↑ " DK Birthday Blast", Times of India, 5 November 2004
  6. ↑ TOI Bangalore News " The Murder that never was"
  7. ↑ TOI " Dheiraj Kapoor Hosting a Party for the Australian Photographer"
  8. ↑ Abhishek Sharma. " 360 degree service ranging from hardcore Event Management, Celebrity Management, Shoot Management & Talent Management", BusinessWireIndia, Limelight Completes 10 Years of An Exciting Journey.
  9. ↑ The Hindu News " The duo Leadership of Dheiraj kapoor and Mahesh Kishan"
  10. ↑ TOI Bangalore News " The Murder that never was"
  11. ↑ IIFA Magazine News " Anona-The Movie", Anona Movie Poster Launched.
  12. ↑ IIFA Magazine News " Save Good Cinema- Save Indian Cinema"

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