He spent the next few years working with some of the most renowned figures from the Indian film industry such as Dev Benegal, Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl – as an Assistant director and script-continuity supervisor.
[1] In 2015, he went on to direct his own documentary, Amdavad Ma Famous (2015), set against the backdrop of the kite-flying festival in Gujarat that won him the Swarna Kamal, National Award for Best Non-Feature Film in 2016.
Prolonging his association with the Lootera director, Vikramaditya Motwane, Mehta also co-wrote the script for the 2017 survival-thriller, Trapped.
In 2024, Hardik directed the first film 'An unSuitable Girl' for the anthology Love Storiyaan produced by Karan Johar's Dharmatic entertainment and Amazon Prime Video.
The docu-drama series is inspired from the Instagram page India Love Project and was created by Dharmatic producer Somen Mishra.