Dhruv Ghanekar (born 30 April 1974) is a Music composer, song writer, producer and guitar player based in Mumbai, India.
[1] Ghanekar has performed and/or recorded with Richard Bona, Raul Midon, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Bernard Purdee, A.R Rahman, Bob Belden, Scott Kinsey, Etienne M'Bappe, Dominic Dipiazza, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot.
Ghanekar’s music for the British photographer’s Jimmy Nelson show Blink featured at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris in summer of 2021.
Dhruv’s career in the arts began as a singer studying music under the tutelage of Jialal Vasant ji.
He also had notable roles in films such as Trikaal and the epic Tv series Bharat Ek Khoj also by acclaimed director Shyam Benegal.
The music of Bombay Boys was a runaway hit and their collaboration with Javed Jaffry produced the cult classic Mumbhai.
Some of the noted performers include Angélique Kidjo, John Mclaughlin, Imogen Heap, Richard Bona, Manu Chao, Erik Truffaz, Nitin Sawhney, Joshua Redman and Anoushka Shankar.
Blue Frog Productions was home to the top composers in the country and produced music across commercials, television and films.
It also offered strategic sound consultancy, integrated music services and custom designed audio experiences.
In a short span of time WWM has won many prestigious international awards for his work in advertising and indie music.
He composed and produced I'm Alive for Maher Zain and Atif Aslam in 2016 that has garnered over 3 Crore views on YouTube.
In 2022 Dhruv finished working on the Kangana rana it film Dhaakad for which he composed 3 songs and score the background music.
He has collaborated & performed with artists from across the globe: Richard Bona, Trilok Gurtu, Raul Midon, Karim Ziad, Linley Marthe, Fazal Qureshi, Bob Belden to name a few.