- Brother in law of Neetu Singh.
- Nephew of Geeta Bali ( Shammi Kapoor's first wife).
- Youngest son of Raj Kapoor; brother of actors Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor; nephew of actors Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor; brother-in-law of actress Babita Kapoor & Neetu Singh; paternal uncle of actresses Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor; cousin of actor Kunal Kapoor.
- Nephew of Director Vijay Kapoor and actor Politician Vicky Kapoor (Har Har Mahadev). They are the children of Trilok Kapoor.
- Grand nephew to Kamal Kapoor ( Prithviraj 's cousin).
- Uncle to Ranbir Kapoor.
- Cousin to actor Jatin Sial ( Aunt Urmila Sial's son).
- Nephew of Jennifer Kendall ( Shashi Kapoor's wife).
- Cousin to Karan and Sanjana Kapoor ( Shashi's children).
- Grand nephew of Trilok Kapoor. ( Prithviraj 's brother).
- Cousin to Monty Nath and Prem Kishen. ( Raj Kapoor is married to Prem Nath's sister).
- Distant relative of Prem Chopra. Raj Kapoor is married to Prem Chopra 's wife' s sister. (Krishna).
- Dad Raj Kapoor's maternal uncle was actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married actress Anwari Begum and adopted her daughter actress Zarine ( Nasreen) Nasreen is the mother of actress/ singer Salma Agha. This makes Rajiv Kapoor a cousin of Salma Agha. Rajiv is also the uncle of actress Sasha Agha. Salma's daughter.
- Starred in the completed and unreleased movie Yara Films "Mohabbat Mohabbat"(Hayyat)(1992)Starring Rajiv Kapoor, Juhi Chawla,Rekha,Gulshan Grover,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Goga Kapoor, Music by Anand Milind, Directed by Ajit Ashtana.
- Nephew is director Sidharth Malhotra ( Cousin Prem Kishen son).
- Niece is actress Akanksha Malhotra ( Cousin Prem Kishen daughter).
- His cousin is Sanjay Kapoor the CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain. Sanjay is the son of director Vijay Kapoor. Vijay Kapoor has another son named Ajay Kapoor. Ajay Kapoor is the Executive Director at Indra Media Pvt Ltd. Ajay is Zee Sports - Head of Programming. Ajay has also been a producer of several drama series. He has also been the Nimbus Television - Creative Director. Ajay has also been the producer of Ten Sports. Director Vijay Kapoor also has a daughter named Anuradha settled in India. Anuradha has a daughter settled in Australia.
- Was engaged to actress Divya Rana.
- Was engaged to actress Trishna (Meena Kanwar, daughter of director Sohanlal Kanwar) of the movie Karan (1994) fame.
- Was engaged to actress Nagma.
- Went for a world tour of concert's with Jaya Pradha and Mandakini in 1987. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.
- Maternal nephew of Ravi Nath Malhotra ( Brother of Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Narendra Nath). Ravi was the secretary of Dimple Kapadia and father of director Karan Malhotra.
- Was involved with a NRI from America named Nikita . She was hopeful to land the lead role in Henna.
- Was offered the film Ahista Ahista (1981) but was advised to turn it down by his father. Raj Kapoor felt he was too young and needed to concentrate on being a assistant director.
- Was involved with Padmini during the making of Prem Rog.
- Was involved with Sapna Bedi of the movie Border fame.
- Was producing a TV serial titled "Shaadi Ka Season" directed by Lilliput. The serial ended up getting scrapped. This was in 1996.
- Starred in P .Subba Rao's shelved film opposite Mandakini. This was in 1986. The distributors were not buying the film.
- Actor Jatin Sial and actor,producer Mandhir Siyal are his cousin's. (Prithviraj Kapoor's daughter Urmila Sial's children.
- There were reports in 1981 that Raj Kapoor was to launch Rajiv Kapoor and a girl in a film titled "Bus Conductor". Nazneen was signed for supporting role. The project fizzled out. In 1993, Satish Kaushik was to direct a film with the same title with Anil Kapoor and Tabu, produced by Nitin Manmohan.
- Starred in the shelved movie Balaji Arts " Deh Do Mujhe Pyar"(1986) Starring Rajiv Kapoor,Mandakini, Raj Kiran,Komal M,Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Amarlal P. Chhabria, Directed by Manivannan.
- Starred in United Movie Makers "Jis Desh Mein Radha Naache Thee "(1985) Starring Dimple Kapadia, Rajiv Kapoor, Produced by Jagdish Sharma,Kader Kashmiri, Directed by K.Shashilal Nair.
- Maternal grandnephew of actor and R.K.studio manager, Vishwa Mehra. Vishwa Mehra was Rajiv's maternal grandmother's first cousin.
- Passed away 1 year after the death of his elder sister Ritu Nanda and 10 months after the death of his elder brother Rishi Kapoor.
- Last release was Toolsidas Junior 2022 which did not have theatrical release and streamed on Netflix.
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