Yuvaraj Dhayalan hails from Chengalpattu. He joined as an assistant director to director M. Raja for his Tamil film Santosh Subramaniam. He had also assisted Chimbu Deven in the Cowboy film Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam. He made his directorial debut with the cricket comedy film Potta Potti, starring Sadagophan Ramesh and "Tenaliraman" starring Vadivelu. His father name is theenadhayalan.