Dibakar Banerjee was born and brought up in Delhi. He studied for two years at the National Institute of Design. Later he joined Contract Advertising where he was reporting to Pradeep Sarkar. Jaideep Sahni was one of his colleagues. At a very young age he decided to become a director.For many years he was making advertising films. His first film was Khosla Ka Ghosla.Oye Lucky!Lucky Oye!is his second film.Currently he divides his time between advertising films and feature films. Currently Dibakar Banerjee lives in Mumbai with his dog, his cat and his wife.