Dheeraj Kumar was an actor, producer and director in Hindi as well as Punjabi films. He started his acting career in 1970 with the Hindi film 'Raton Ka Raja' and followed it up with films like 'Heera Panna' (1973), 'Roti Kapada Aur Makaan' (1975), 'Ranga Khush' (1975), 'Swami' (1977), 'Sargam' (1979), 'Maang Bharo Sajana' (1980), 'Kranti' (1981), 'Paanchwin Manzil' (1983), 'Purana Mandir' (1984) and others. He acted in over 51 Punjabi and Hindi 

films from 1970 to 1985. He started a production company, Creative Eye and produced several popular series including 'Kahan Gaye Woh Log', 'Adalat', 'Om Namah Shivay', 'Shree Ganesh', 'Singhasan Battisi', etc. He had produced the action drama film 'Waqt Ke Shehzade' (1982) and directed the adventure fantasy film 'Aabra Ka Daabra' (2004). He died on 15 July 2025.