Kapur made his feature directorial debut in 2011 with Mausam, headlined by son Shahid Kapoor. In 1998, he directed the TV show Mohandas B.A.L.L.B in which he played the titular detective.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Underscoring the need for self-censorship, eminent film, TV, and theatre actor Pankaj Kapur has ... the lead in TV detective series ‘Karamchand’ in the late 1980s ...