Arjun Raj Nirula was producing plays on the Delhi stage at the age of 16. He studied at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee (USA) where he was majoring in Economics.

He was so inspired by an elective film studies class that he decided to transfer to King’s College in London and focus on a more technical understanding of filmmaking full time. In London, he acted as an apprentice to English photographer James Bartholomew.