In 2005, Dhruv embarked on his debut feature, spending 10 months living in tents with tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka while shooting a documentary about disaster capitalism. "From Dust" premiered in the feature competition section of the Tribeca Film Festival and at Hot Docs where it opened to critical acclaim from the international press. The film secured distribution agreements with Films Transit International, The Cinema Guild and Amazon.com and was screened at the United Nations in May 2006 for its relevance to issues of human rights in the aftermath of natural disasters.

Thereafter, Dhruv has been hired to direct and shoot various other documentaries for international producers. Some of them include "Threads of Tradition", about the Indian Fashion Industry, which went onto won the MIPDOC Co-Pro Challenge at Cannes in 2008 and "Building Autism" which shadows an autistic savant and uncovers the link between autism and genius.

Dhruv is occasionally invited to speak at industry panels and educational institutions about the impact, distribution and future of documentary cinema. He also moonlights as a documentary cinematographer for other directors and producers and has sold some of his freelance camerawork to organizations such as the National Geographic Channel.

Dhruv is also an avid night photographer and his photography collection, "Mumbai Sleeping" has been exhibited and sold in art galleries around the world.

Dhruv currently resides between Vancouver and Dubai.

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