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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Award</a> for Best Director</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_March_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_March_2015.jpg/220px-Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_March_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_March_2015.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="368" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The 2024 recipient: <a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> for <a href="/wiki/12th_Fail" title="12th Fail">12th Fail</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Best Director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First award</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Do_Bigha_Zamin" title="Do Bigha Zamin">Do Bigha Zamin</a> (<a href="/wiki/1st_Filmfare_Awards" title="1st Filmfare Awards">1954</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Currently held by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a>, <a href="/wiki/12th_Fail" title="12th Fail">12th Fail</a> (<a href="/wiki/69th_Filmfare_Awards" title="69th Filmfare Awards">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://filmfare.com/awards/2024/">Filmfare Awards</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> to recognise directors working in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a>. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Superlatives">Superlatives</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Superlatives">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="350">Category </th> <th width="250">Name </th> <th width="250">Superlative </th> <th width="150">Year(s) </th> <th width="350">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Most Awards </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td>7 awards </td> <td>1954–1964 </td> <td>Awards resulted from 7 nominations </td></tr> <tr> <td>Most Nominations </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td>12 nominations </td> <td>1966–2005 </td> <td>Nominations resulted in 4 awards </td></tr> <tr> <td>Most Nominations without a Win </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td>6 nominations </td> <td>1984–1994 </td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> has the record of winning most awards (7) and the distinction of winning the award thrice in a row, on 2 separate occasions (1954–1956 and 1959–1961). He also won the award whenever he was nominated (7/7). <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> has received the award 5 times, <a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> has received the award 4 times each. <a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> received 12 nominations, <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> has received 8 nominations, while <a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> has received 6 nominations. <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> was nominated thrice in a row (1984–1986). However, he hasn't received any award even after having been nominated 6 times. Also, no director has ever won if one has been nominated twice in the same year – <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> in 1974 (for <a href="/wiki/Achanak_(1973_film)" title="Achanak (1973 film)">Achanak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Koshish" title="Koshish">Koshish</a>), <a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> in 1977 (for <a href="/wiki/Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> in 1980 (for <a href="/wiki/Gol_Maal" title="Gol Maal">Gol Maal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jurmana_(1979_film)" title="Jurmana (1979 film)">Jurmana</a>). <a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> was the first of 4 women to have won this award, the second being <a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a>, the third being <a href="/wiki/Ashwiny_Iyer_Tiwari" title="Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari">Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari</a>, and the fourth being <a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> won it for <a href="/wiki/Sparsh_(film)" title="Sparsh (film)">Sparsh</a> in 1985. Paranjpye had earlier been nominated for <a href="/wiki/Chashme_Buddoor_(1981_film)" title="Chashme Buddoor (1981 film)">Chashme Buddoor</a> in 1982. <a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> won it for <a href="/wiki/Zindagi_Na_Milegi_Dobara" title="Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara">Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara</a> in 2012. <a href="/wiki/Ashwiny_Iyer_Tiwari" title="Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari">Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari</a> won it for <a href="/wiki/Bareilly_Ki_Barfi" title="Bareilly Ki Barfi">Bareilly Ki Barfi</a> in 2018 and <a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a> won it in for <a href="/wiki/Raazi" title="Raazi">Raazi</a> in 2019, after previously being nominated in 2016 for <a href="/wiki/Talvar_(film)" title="Talvar (film)">Talvar</a>. Akhtar won the award again for <a href="/wiki/Gully_Boy" title="Gully Boy">Gully Boy</a> in 2020, thus becoming the only woman to win the award twice. Other women directors to have been nominated are <a href="/wiki/Mira_Nair" title="Mira Nair">Mira Nair</a> for <a href="/wiki/Salaam_Bombay!" title="Salaam Bombay!">Salaam Bombay!</a> in 1990, <a href="/wiki/Farah_Khan" title="Farah Khan">Farah Khan</a> for <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a> in 2005 and for <a href="/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om" title="Om Shanti Om">Om Shanti Om</a> in 2008, <a href="/wiki/Gauri_Shinde" title="Gauri Shinde">Gauri Shinde</a> for <a href="/wiki/English_Vinglish" title="English Vinglish">English Vinglish</a> in 2013 and <a href="/wiki/Seema_Pahwa" title="Seema Pahwa">Seema Pahwa</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ramprasad_Ki_Tehrvi" title="Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi">Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi</a> in 2022. <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films – for <a href="/wiki/Ghayal_(1990_film)" title="Ghayal (1990 film)">Ghayal</a> in 1991 and for <a href="/wiki/Damini" title="Damini">Damini</a> in 1994. <a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashwiny_Iyer_Tiwari" title="Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari">Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari</a> are the only married couple to win the award. Additionally, they won the award in consecutive years – the former won the award for <a href="/wiki/Dangal_(2016_film)" title="Dangal (2016 film)">Dangal</a> in 2017 and the latter won the award for <a href="/wiki/Bareilly_Ki_Barfi" title="Bareilly Ki Barfi">Bareilly Ki Barfi</a> in 2018. Only once have two siblings been nominated in the same year; <a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and <a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Don_2" title="Don 2">Don 2</a> in 2012, with Zoya winning the category. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multiple_wins_and_nominations">Multiple wins and nominations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Multiple wins and nominations">edit</a>]</div> The following Directors have received multiple Best Director nominations. The list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>7 : <a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (7)</li> <li>5 : <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (8)</li> <li>4 : <a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (12)</li> <li>4 : <a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (6)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> (5)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> (6)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (5)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> (4)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> (3)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (3)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> (2)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (2)</li> <li>2 : <a href="/wiki/Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra" title="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra">Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> (6)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> (6)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> (5)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a> (5)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> (4)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> (3)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> (3)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> (3)</li> <li>1 : Sohanlal Kanwar (3)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Sooraj_R._Barjatya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sooraj R. Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> (3)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Mukul_S._Anand" title="Mukul S. Anand">Mukul S. Anand</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Asit_Sen_(director)" title="Asit Sen (director)">Asit Sen</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a> (2)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Kunal_Kohli" title="Kunal Kohli">Kunal Kohli</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Sujoy_Ghosh" title="Sujoy Ghosh">Sujoy Ghosh</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Vikas_Bahl" title="Vikas Bahl">Vikas Bahl</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Om_Raut" title="Om Raut">Om Raut</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Anand_(filmmaker)" title="Vijay Anand (filmmaker)">Vijay Anand</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Abrar_Alvi" title="Abrar Alvi">Abrar Alvi</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1)</li> <li>1 : <a href="/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> (1)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> (6)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (5)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a> (5)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Shoojit_Sircar" title="Shoojit Sircar">Shoojit Sircar</a> (4)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Sippy" title="Ramesh Sippy">Ramesh Sippy</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_Ali_(director)" title="Imtiaz Ali (director)">Imtiaz Ali</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Ayan_Mukerji" title="Ayan Mukerji">Ayan Mukerji</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Shakti_Samanta" title="Shakti Samanta">Shakti Samanta</a> (3)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Mehra" title="Prakash Mehra">Prakash Mehra</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Indra_Kumar" title="Indra Kumar">Indra Kumar</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Rai" title="Rajiv Rai">Rajiv Rai</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Dharmesh_Darshan" title="Dharmesh Darshan">Dharmesh Darshan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Abbas%E2%80%93Mustan" title="Abbas–Mustan">Abbas–Mustan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Kapoor" title="Abhishek Kapoor">Abhishek Kapoor</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Aanand_L._Rai" title="Aanand L. Rai">Aanand L. Rai</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Farah_Khan" title="Farah Khan">Farah Khan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Kabir_Khan_(director)" title="Kabir Khan (director)">Kabir Khan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Madhur_Bhandarkar" title="Madhur Bhandarkar">Madhur Bhandarkar</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Raj_Khosla" title="Raj Khosla">Raj Khosla</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/David_Dhawan" title="David Dhawan">David Dhawan</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Bhatt" title="Vikram Bhatt">Vikram Bhatt</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Rawail" title="Rahul Rawail">Rahul Rawail</a> (2)</li> <li>0 : <a href="/wiki/Siddharth_Anand" title="Siddharth Anand">Siddharth Anand</a> (2)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_nominees">Winners and nominees</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Winners and nominees">edit</a>]</div> In the list below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. The films are listed by the years when the award was presented. The announcing of nominations became regular after 1959. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg/170px-Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg/255px-Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg/340px-Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>The first and most (7 times) winner: <a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V._Shantaram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Shantaram.jpg/170px-V._Shantaram.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Shantaram.jpg/255px-V._Shantaram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Shantaram.jpg/340px-V._Shantaram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Jhanak_Jhanak_Payal_Baaje" title="Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje">Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje</a> (1956)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg/170px-Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg/255px-Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg/340px-Mehboob_Khan_in_early_1940s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="1157" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Mother_India" title="Mother India">Mother India</a> (1957)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/170px-Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/255px-Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/340px-Baldev_Raj_Chopra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="689" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Kanoon" title="Kanoon">Kanoon</a> (1961)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abrar_Alvi_2007_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Abrar_Alvi_2007_%28cropped%29.JPG/170px-Abrar_Alvi_2007_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Abrar_Alvi_2007_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="303" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Abrar_Alvi" title="Abrar Alvi">Abrar Alvi</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Sahib_Bibi_Aur_Ghulam" title="Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam">Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam</a> (1962)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/170px-Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/255px-Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/340px-Raj_Kapoor_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1503" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> won three times</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg/170px-Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg/255px-Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg/340px-Manoj_Kumar_close_up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> won two times</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg/170px-Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg/255px-Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg/340px-Yash_Chopra_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="725" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> won four times</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gulzar.jpg/170px-Gulzar.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gulzar.jpg/255px-Gulzar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gulzar.jpg/340px-Gulzar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Mausam_(1975_film)" title="Mausam (1975 film)">Mausam</a> (1975)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Basu_Chatterjee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Basu_Chatterjee.jpg/170px-Basu_Chatterjee.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Basu_Chatterjee.jpg/255px-Basu_Chatterjee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Basu_Chatterjee.jpg/340px-Basu_Chatterjee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a> (1977)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Govind_Nihalani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Govind_Nihalani.jpg/170px-Govind_Nihalani.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Govind_Nihalani.jpg/255px-Govind_Nihalani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Govind_Nihalani.jpg/340px-Govind_Nihalani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Aakrosh_(1980_film)" title="Aakrosh (1980 film)">Aakrosh</a> (1980) & <a href="/wiki/Ardh_Satya" title="Ardh Satya">Ardh Satya</a> (1983)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansoor_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mansoor_Khan.jpg/170px-Mansoor_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mansoor_Khan.jpg/255px-Mansoor_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Mansoor_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="330" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Qayamat_Se_Qayamat_Tak" title="Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak">Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak</a> (1988)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Parinda" title="Parinda">Parinda</a> (1989) & <a href="/wiki/12th_Fail" title="12th Fail">12th Fail</a> (2023)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg/170px-Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg/255px-Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg/340px-Rajkumar_Santoshi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="877" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Ghayal_(1990_film)" title="Ghayal (1990 film)">Ghayal</a> (1990) & <a href="/wiki/Damini_-_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="Damini - Lightning">Damini</a> (1993)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg/170px-Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg/255px-Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg/340px-Subhash_Ghai_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Saudagar_(1991_film)" title="Saudagar (1991 film)">Saudagar</a> (1991)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg/170px-Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg/255px-Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg/340px-Sooraj_Barjatya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Hum_Aapke_Hain_Koun..!" title="Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!">Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!</a> (1993)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shekhar_Kapur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shekhar_Kapur.jpg/170px-Shekhar_Kapur.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shekhar_Kapur.jpg/255px-Shekhar_Kapur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shekhar_Kapur.jpg/340px-Shekhar_Kapur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="1154" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Bandit_Queen" title="Bandit Queen">Bandit Queen</a> (1996)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JPDutta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JPDutta.jpg/170px-JPDutta.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JPDutta.jpg/255px-JPDutta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JPDutta.jpg/340px-JPDutta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="367" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Border_(1997_film)" title="Border (1997 film)">Border</a> (1997)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg/170px-Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg/255px-Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg/340px-Karan_Johar_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Kuch_Kuch_Hota_Hai" title="Kuch Kuch Hota Hai">Kuch Kuch Hota Hai</a> (1998) & <a href="/wiki/My_Name_is_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="My Name is Khan">My Name is Khan</a> (2010)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rakesh_Roshan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Rakesh_Roshan.jpg/170px-Rakesh_Roshan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Rakesh_Roshan.jpg/255px-Rakesh_Roshan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Rakesh_Roshan.jpg/340px-Rakesh_Roshan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Kaho_Naa..._Pyaar_Hai" title="Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai">Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai</a> (2000) & <a href="/wiki/Koi..._Mil_Gaya" title="Koi... Mil Gaya">Koi... Mil Gaya</a> (2003)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg/170px-Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg/255px-Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg/340px-Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3182" data-file-height="3436" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> won five times</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg/170px-Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg/255px-Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg/340px-Ashutosh_Gowariker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="409" data-file-height="407" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Lagaan" title="Lagaan">Lagaan</a> (2001) & <a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a> (2008)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zoya_Akhtar,_2011.07.05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Zoya_Akhtar%2C_2011.07.05.jpg/170px-Zoya_Akhtar%2C_2011.07.05.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Zoya_Akhtar%2C_2011.07.05.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="283" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> won twice for <a href="/wiki/Zindagi_Na_Milegi_Dobara" title="Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara">Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara</a> (2012) & <a href="/wiki/Gully_Boy" title="Gully Boy">Gully Boy</a> (2019); first woman to win twice</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg/170px-Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg/255px-Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg/340px-Meghna_Gulzar_at_49th_IFFI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="1082" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a> won for <a href="/wiki/Raazi" title="Raazi">Raazi</a> (2018)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Table key </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Indicates the winner</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1950s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1954" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1954">1954</a> <a href="/wiki/1st_Filmfare_Awards" title="1st Filmfare Awards">(1st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Do_Bigha_Zamin" title="Do Bigha Zamin">Do Bigha Zamin</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">No Nominees </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1955" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1955">1955</a> <a href="/wiki/2nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="2nd Filmfare Awards">(2nd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Parineeta_(1953_film)" title="Parineeta (1953 film)">Parineeta</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">No Nominees </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1956" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1956">1956</a> <a href="/wiki/3rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="3rd Filmfare Awards">(3rd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Biraj_Bahu" title="Biraj Bahu">Biraj Bahu</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">No Nominees </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1957" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1957">1957</a> <a href="/wiki/4th_Filmfare_Awards" title="4th Filmfare Awards">(4th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Jhanak_Jhanak_Payal_Baaje" title="Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje">Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">No Nominees </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1958" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1958">1958</a> <a href="/wiki/5th_Filmfare_Awards" title="5th Filmfare Awards">(5th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mother_India" title="Mother India">Mother India</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">No Nominees </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1959" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1959">1959</a> <a href="/wiki/6th_Filmfare_Awards" title="6th Filmfare Awards">(6th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Madhumati" title="Madhumati">Madhumati</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sadhna_(1958_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadhna (1958 film)">Sadhna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Kaul" title="Mahesh Kaul">Mahesh Kaul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talaq_(1958_film)" title="Talaq (1958 film)">Talaaq</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1960s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1960" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1960">1960</a> <a href="/wiki/7th_Filmfare_Awards" title="7th Filmfare Awards">(7th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sujata_(1959_film)" title="Sujata (1959 film)">Sujata</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Choti_Bahen" class="mw-redirect" title="Choti Bahen">Choti Bahen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navrang" title="Navrang">Navrang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1961" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1961">1961</a> <a href="/wiki/8th_Filmfare_Awards" title="8th Filmfare Awards">(8th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Parakh_(1960_film)" title="Parakh (1960 film)">Parakh</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Asif" title="K. Asif">K. Asif</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mughal-e-Azam" title="Mughal-e-Azam">Mughal-e-Azam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Sahu" title="Kishore Sahu">Kishore Sahu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dil_Apna_Aur_Preet_Parai" title="Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai">Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1962" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1962">1962</a> <a href="/wiki/9th_Filmfare_Awards" title="9th Filmfare Awards">(9th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Kanoon" title="Kanoon">Kanoon</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Bose" title="Nitin Bose">Nitin Bose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunga_Jumna" title="Gunga Jumna">Gunga Jumna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Radhu_Karmakar" title="Radhu Karmakar">Radhu Karmakar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jis_Desh_Men_Ganga_Behti_Hai" class="mw-redirect" title="Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai">Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1963" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1963">1963</a> <a href="/wiki/10th_Filmfare_Awards" title="10th Filmfare Awards">(10th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Abrar_Alvi" title="Abrar Alvi">Abrar Alvi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sahib_Bibi_Aur_Ghulam" title="Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam">Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Biren_Nag" title="Biren Nag">Biren Nag</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bees_Saal_Baad_(1962_film)" title="Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)">Bees Saal Baad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Son_of_India_(1962_film)" title="Son of India (1962 film)">Son of India</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1964">1964</a> <a href="/wiki/11th_Filmfare_Awards" title="11th Filmfare Awards">(11th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bandini_(film)" title="Bandini (film)">Bandini</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gumrah_(1963_film)" title="Gumrah (1963 film)">Gumrah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/C._V._Sridhar" title="C. V. Sridhar">C. V. Sridhar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dil_Ek_Mandir" title="Dil Ek Mandir">Dil Ek Mandir</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1965">1965</a> <a href="/wiki/12th_Filmfare_Awards" title="12th Filmfare Awards">(12th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sangam_(1964_Hindi_film)" title="Sangam (1964 Hindi film)">Sangam</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shehar_Aur_Sapna" title="Shehar Aur Sapna">Shehar Aur Sapna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satyen_Bose" title="Satyen Bose">Satyen Bose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dosti_(1964_film)" title="Dosti (1964 film)">Dosti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1966" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1966">1966</a> <a href="/wiki/13th_Filmfare_Awards" title="13th Filmfare Awards">(13th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Waqt_(1965_film)" title="Waqt (1965 film)">Waqt</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chetan_Anand_(director)" title="Chetan Anand (director)">Chetan Anand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haqeeqat_(1964_film)" title="Haqeeqat (1964 film)">Haqeeqat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arzoo_(1965_film)" title="Arzoo (1965 film)">Arzoo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1967" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1967">1967</a> <a href="/wiki/14th_Filmfare_Awards" title="14th Filmfare Awards">(14th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Anand_(filmmaker)" title="Vijay Anand (filmmaker)">Vijay Anand</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Guide_(film)" title="Guide (film)">Guide</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asit_Sen_(director)" title="Asit Sen (director)">Asit Sen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mamta_(1966_film)" title="Mamta (1966 film)">Mamta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anupama_(1966_film)" title="Anupama (1966 film)">Anupama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1968">1968</a> <a href="/wiki/15th_Filmfare_Awards" title="15th Filmfare Awards">(15th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Upkar" title="Upkar">Upkar</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Bhimsingh" title="A. Bhimsingh">A. Bhimsingh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehrban" title="Mehrban">Mehrban</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adurthi_Subba_Rao" title="Adurthi Subba Rao">A. Subba Rao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milan_(1967_film)" title="Milan (1967 film)">Milan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1969" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1969">1969</a> <a href="/wiki/16th_Filmfare_Awards" title="16th Filmfare Awards">(16th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Aankhen_(1968_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aankhen (1968 film)">Ankhen</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhappi_Sonie" title="Bhappi Sonie">Bhappi Sonie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brahmachari_(Hindi_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmachari (Hindi film)">Brahmachari</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ram Maheshwari </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neel_Kamal_(1968_film)" title="Neel Kamal (1968 film)">Neel Kamal</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1970s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1970" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1970">1970</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_Filmfare_Awards" title="17th Filmfare Awards">(17th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ittefaq_(1969_film)" title="Ittefaq (1969 film)">Ittefaq</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeene_Ki_Raah" title="Jeene Ki Raah">Jeene Ki Raah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Samanta" title="Shakti Samanta">Shakti Samanta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aradhana_(1969_film)" title="Aradhana (1969 film)">Aradhana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1971">1971</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_Filmfare_Awards" title="18th Filmfare Awards">(18th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Asit_Sen_(director)" title="Asit Sen (director)">Asit Sen</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Safar_(1970_film)" title="Safar (1970 film)">Safar</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raj_Khosla" title="Raj Khosla">Raj Khosla</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Do_Raaste" title="Do Raaste">Do Raaste</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sohanlal Kanwar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pehchan_(1970_film)" title="Pehchan (1970 film)">Pehchan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1972">1972</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_Filmfare_Awards" title="19th Filmfare Awards">(19th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mera_Naam_Joker" title="Mera Naam Joker">Mera Naam Joker</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anand_(1971_film)" title="Anand (1971 film)">Anand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Samanta" title="Shakti Samanta">Shakti Samanta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kati_Patang" title="Kati Patang">Kati Patang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1973" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1973">1973</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_Filmfare_Awards" title="20th Filmfare Awards">(20th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;">Sohanlal Kanwar </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Be-Imaan" title="Be-Imaan">Be-Imaan</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Amrohi" title="Kamal Amrohi">Kamal Amrohi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakeezah" title="Pakeezah">Pakeezah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shor_(film)" title="Shor (film)">Shor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1974" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1974">1974</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_Filmfare_Awards" title="21st Filmfare Awards">(21st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Daag:_A_Poem_of_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="Daag: A Poem of Love">Daag</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achanak_(1973_film)" title="Achanak (1973 film)">Achanak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gulzar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koshish" title="Koshish">Koshish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_(1973_film)" title="Bobby (1973 film)">Bobby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Bhatia" title="Rajendra Bhatia">Rajendra Bhatia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Ki_Taaza_Khabar" title="Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar">Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1975" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1975">1975</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="22nd Filmfare Awards">(22nd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Roti_Kapda_Aur_Makaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Roti Kapda Aur Makaan">Roti Kapda Aur Makaan</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anil_Ganguly" title="Anil Ganguly">Anil Ganguly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kora_Kagaz" title="Kora Kagaz">Kora Kagaz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basu_Bhattacharya" title="Basu Bhattacharya">Basu Bhattacharya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avishkaar" title="Avishkaar">Avishkaar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sathyu" title="M. S. Sathyu">M. S. Sathyu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garm_Hava" title="Garm Hava">Garm Hava</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ankur_(film)" title="Ankur (film)">Ankur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1976">1976</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="23rd Filmfare Awards">(23rd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Deewaar" title="Deewaar">Deewaar</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aandhi" title="Aandhi">Aandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Sippy" title="Ramesh Sippy">Ramesh Sippy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sholay" title="Sholay">Sholay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Samanta" title="Shakti Samanta">Shakti Samanta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amanush_(1975_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amanush (1975 film)">Amanush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sohanlal Kanwar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanyasi_(1975_film)" title="Sanyasi (1975 film)">Sanyasi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1977" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1977">1977</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_Filmfare_Awards" title="24th Filmfare Awards">(24th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mausam_(1975_film)" title="Mausam (1975 film)">Mausam</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Basu Chatterjee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Kohli" title="Rajkumar Kohli">Rajkumar Kohli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagin_(1976_film)" title="Nagin (1976 film)">Nagin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabhie_Kabhie_(1976_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabhie Kabhie (1976 film)">Kabhi Kabhie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1978">1978</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_Filmfare_Awards" title="25th Filmfare Awards">(25th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asrani_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asrani (actor)">Asrani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chala_Murari_Hero_Banne" title="Chala Murari Hero Banne">Chala Murari Hero Banne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhimsain" title="Bhimsain">Bhimsain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gharaonda" title="Gharaonda">Gharaonda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinara_(1977_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinara (1977 film)">Kinara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Desai" title="Manmohan Desai">Manmohan Desai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amar_Akbar_Anthony" title="Amar Akbar Anthony">Amar Akbar Anthony</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1979" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1979">1979</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_Filmfare_Awards" title="26th Filmfare Awards">(26th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Shatranj_Ke_Khilari" class="mw-redirect" title="Shatranj Ke Khilari">Shatranj Ke Khilari</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Mehra" title="Prakash Mehra">Prakash Mehra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muqaddar_Ka_Sikandar" title="Muqaddar Ka Sikandar">Muqaddar Ka Sikandar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satyam_Shivam_Sundaram_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyam Shivam Sundaram (film)">Satyam Shivam Sundaram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raj_Khosla" title="Raj Khosla">Raj Khosla</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Main_Tulsi_Tere_Aangan_Ki" title="Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki">Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trishul_(film)" title="Trishul (film)">Trishul</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1980s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1980">1980</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_Filmfare_Awards" title="27th Filmfare Awards">(27th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Junoon_(1978_film)" title="Junoon (1978 film)">Junoon</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gol_Maal" title="Gol Maal">Gol Maal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hrishikesh Mukherjee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jurmana_(1979_film)" title="Jurmana (1979 film)">Jurmana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Krishna" title="Manmohan Krishna">Manmohan Krishna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noorie" title="Noorie">Noorie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaala_Patthar" title="Kaala Patthar">Kaala Patthar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1981" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1981">1981</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_Filmfare_Awards" title="28th Filmfare Awards">(28th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Aakrosh_(1980_film)" title="Aakrosh (1980 film)">Aakrosh</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Insaaf_Ka_Tarazu" class="mw-redirect" title="Insaaf Ka Tarazu">Insaaf Ka Tarazu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Esmayeel_Shroff" title="Esmayeel Shroff">Esmayeel Shroff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thodisi_Bewafaii" title="Thodisi Bewafaii">Thodisi Bewafaii</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khubsoorat" title="Khubsoorat">Khubsoorat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Om_Prakash" title="J. Om Prakash">J. Om Prakash</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aasha_(1980_film)" title="Aasha (1980 film)">Aasha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1982" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1982">1982</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_Filmfare_Awards" title="29th Filmfare Awards">(29th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Umrao_Jaan_(1981_film)" title="Umrao Jaan (1981 film)">Umrao Jaan</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ek_Duuje_Ke_Liye" title="Ek Duuje Ke Liye">Ek Duuje Ke Liye</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rabindra Dharamraj </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chakra_(1981_film)" title="Chakra (1981 film)">Chakra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Talwar" title="Ramesh Talwar">Ramesh Talwar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseraa" title="Baseraa">Baseraa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chashme_Buddoor_(1981_film)" title="Chashme Buddoor (1981 film)">Chashme Buddoor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalyug_(1981_film)" title="Kalyug (1981 film)">Kalyug</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1983" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1983">1983</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_Filmfare_Awards" title="30th Filmfare Awards">(30th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Prem_Rog" title="Prem Rog">Prem Rog</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikaah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikaah">Nikaah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Sippy" title="Ramesh Sippy">Ramesh Sippy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_(1982_film)" title="Shakti (1982 film)">Shakti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sagar_Sarhadi" title="Sagar Sarhadi">Sagar Sarhadi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bazaar_(1982_film)" title="Bazaar (1982 film)">Bazaar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidhaata" title="Vidhaata">Vidhaata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1984">1984</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_Filmfare_Awards" title="31st Filmfare Awards">(31st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ardh_Satya" title="Ardh Satya">Ardh Satya</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arth_(film)" title="Arth (film)">Arth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Kumar_(director)" title="Mohan Kumar (director)">Mohan Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avtaar" title="Avtaar">Avtaar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Rawail" title="Rahul Rawail">Rahul Rawail</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Betaab" title="Betaab">Betaab</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masoom_(1983_film)" title="Masoom (1983 film)">Masoom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1985" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1985">1985</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="32nd Filmfare Awards">(32nd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sparsh_(film)" title="Sparsh (film)">Sparsh</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kundan_Shah" title="Kundan Shah">Kundan Shah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaane_Bhi_Do_Yaaro" title="Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro">Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saaransh" title="Saaransh">Saaransh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Mehra" title="Prakash Mehra">Prakash Mehra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharaabi" title="Sharaabi">Sharaabi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Chopra" title="Ravi Chopra">Ravi Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaj_Ki_Awaaz" title="Aaj Ki Awaaz">Aaj Ki Awaaz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1986">1986</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="33rd Filmfare Awards">(33rd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Teri_Ganga_Maili" title="Ram Teri Ganga Maili">Ram Teri Ganga Maili</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janam_(1985_film)" title="Janam (1985 film)">Janam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Rawail" title="Rahul Rawail">Rahul Rawail</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arjun_(1985_film)" title="Arjun (1985 film)">Arjun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Sippy" title="Ramesh Sippy">Ramesh Sippy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saagar_(1985_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saagar (1985 film)">Saagar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1987" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1987">1987</a> </th> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">No Award </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1988" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1988">1988</a> </th> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">No Award </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1989" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1989">1989</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_Filmfare_Awards" title="34th Filmfare Awards">(34th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Qayamat_Se_Qayamat_Tak" title="Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak">Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Chandra" title="N. Chandra">N. Chandra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tezaab" title="Tezaab">Tezaab</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khoon_Bhari_Maang" title="Khoon Bhari Maang">Khoon Bhari Maang</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1990s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1990">1990</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_Filmfare_Awards" title="35th Filmfare Awards">(35th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Parinda" title="Parinda">Parinda</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mira_Nair" title="Mira Nair">Mira Nair</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salaam_Bombay!" title="Salaam Bombay!">Salaam Bombay!</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_R._Barjatya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sooraj R. Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Pyar_Kiya" title="Maine Pyar Kiya">Maine Pyar Kiya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Lakhan" title="Ram Lakhan">Ram Lakhan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandni_(film)" title="Chandni (film)">Chandni</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1991" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1991">1991</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_Filmfare_Awards" title="36th Filmfare Awards">(36th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ghayal_(1990_film)" title="Ghayal (1990 film)">Ghayal</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aashiqui" title="Aashiqui">Aashiqui</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mukul_S._Anand" title="Mukul S. Anand">Mukul Anand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agneepath_(1990_film)" title="Agneepath (1990 film)">Agneepath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Raja_Pinisetty" title="Ravi Raja Pinisetty">Ravi Raja Pinisetty</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pratibandh" title="Pratibandh">Pratibandh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1992">1992</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_Filmfare_Awards" title="37th Filmfare Awards">(37th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Saudagar_(1991_film)" title="Saudagar (1991 film)">Saudagar</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_D%27Souza" title="Lawrence D'Souza">Lawrence D'Souza</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saajan" title="Saajan">Saajan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dil_Hai_Ke_Manta_Nahin" title="Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin">Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Randhir_Kapoor" title="Randhir Kapoor">Randhir Kapoor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henna_(film)" title="Henna (film)">Henna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamhe" title="Lamhe">Lamhe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1993" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1993">1993</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_Filmfare_Awards" title="38th Filmfare Awards">(38th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Mukul_S._Anand" title="Mukul S. Anand">Mukul S. Anand</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Khuda_Gawah" title="Khuda Gawah">Khuda Gawah</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indra_Kumar" title="Indra Kumar">Indra Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beta_(film)" title="Beta (film)">Beta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jeeta_Wohi_Sikandar" title="Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar">Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1994" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1994">1994</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_Filmfare_Awards" title="39th Filmfare Awards">(39th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Damini_%E2%80%93_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="Damini – Lightning">Damini</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Dhawan" title="David Dhawan">David Dhawan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aankhen_(1993_film)" title="Aankhen (1993 film)">Aankhen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hum_Hain_Rahi_Pyar_Ke" title="Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke">Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalnayak" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalnayak">Khalnayak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darr" title="Darr">Darr</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1995">1995</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_Filmfare_Awards" title="40th Filmfare Awards">(40th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_R._Barjatya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sooraj R. Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Hum_Aapke_Hain_Koun..!" title="Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!">Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehul_Kumar" title="Mehul Kumar">Mehul Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krantiveer" title="Krantiveer">Krantiveer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Rai" title="Rajiv Rai">Rajiv Rai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohra" title="Mohra">Mohra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaz_Apna_Apna" title="Andaz Apna Apna">Andaz Apna Apna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1942:_A_Love_Story" title="1942: A Love Story">1942: A Love Story</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1996">1996</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_Filmfare_Awards" title="41st Filmfare Awards">(41st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Dilwale_Dulhania_Le_Jayenge" title="Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge">Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indra_Kumar" title="Indra Kumar">Indra Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raja_(1995_film)" title="Raja (1995 film)">Raja</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akele_Hum_Akele_Tum" title="Akele Hum Akele Tum">Akele Hum Akele Tum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karan_Arjun" title="Karan Arjun">Karan Arjun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangeela_(1995_film)" title="Rangeela (1995 film)">Rangeela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1997">1997</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="42nd Filmfare Awards">(42nd</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bandit_Queen" title="Bandit Queen">Bandit Queen</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharmesh_Darshan" title="Dharmesh Darshan">Dharmesh Darshan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raja_Hindustani" title="Raja Hindustani">Raja Hindustani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maachis" title="Maachis">Maachis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Partho_Ghosh" title="Partho Ghosh">Partho Ghosh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agni_Sakshi_(1996_film)" title="Agni Sakshi (1996 film)">Agni Sakshi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghatak:_Lethal" title="Ghatak: Lethal">Ghatak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1998">1998</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="43rd Filmfare Awards">(43rd</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Border_(1997_film)" title="Border (1997 film)">Border</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Priyadarshan" title="Priyadarshan">Priyadarshan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virasat_(1997_film)" title="Virasat (1997 film)">Virasat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Rai" title="Rajiv Rai">Rajiv Rai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gupt:_The_Hidden_Truth" title="Gupt: The Hidden Truth">Gupt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pardes_(1997_film)" title="Pardes (1997 film)">Pardes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dil_To_Pagal_Hai" title="Dil To Pagal Hai">Dil To Pagal Hai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 1999">1999</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_Filmfare_Awards" title="44th Filmfare Awards">(44th</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Kuch_Kuch_Hota_Hai" title="Kuch Kuch Hota Hai">Kuch Kuch Hota Hai</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abbas%E2%80%93Mustan" title="Abbas–Mustan">Abbas–Mustan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soldier_(1998_Indian_film)" title="Soldier (1998 Indian film)">Soldier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satya_(1998_film)" title="Satya (1998 film)">Satya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sohail_Khan" title="Sohail Khan">Sohail Khan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyaar_Kiya_To_Darna_Kya_(1998_film)" title="Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998 film)">Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Bhatt" title="Vikram Bhatt">Vikram Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_(film)" title="Ghulam (film)">Ghulam</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2000s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2000">2000</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_Filmfare_Awards" title="45th Filmfare Awards">(45th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Hum_Dil_De_Chuke_Sanam" title="Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam">Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Dhawan" title="David Dhawan">David Dhawan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biwi_No.1" title="Biwi No.1">Biwi No.1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Matthew_Matthan" title="John Matthew Matthan">John Matthew Matthan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarfarosh_(1999_film)" title="Sarfarosh (1999 film)">Sarfarosh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Manjrekar" title="Mahesh Manjrekar">Mahesh Manjrekar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaastav:_The_Reality" title="Vaastav: The Reality">Vaastav</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taal_(film)" title="Taal (film)">Taal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2001">2001</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_Filmfare_Awards" title="46th Filmfare Awards">(46th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Kaho_Naa..._Pyaar_Hai" title="Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai">Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohabbatein" title="Mohabbatein">Mohabbatein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharmesh_Darshan" title="Dharmesh Darshan">Dharmesh Darshan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhadkan_(2000_film)" title="Dhadkan (2000 film)">Dhadkan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_(2000_film)" title="Josh (2000 film)">Josh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mission_Kashmir" title="Mission Kashmir">Mission Kashmir</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2002">2002</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_Filmfare_Awards" title="47th Filmfare Awards">(47th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Lagaan" title="Lagaan">Lagaan</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anil_Sharma_(director)" title="Anil Sharma (director)">Anil Sharma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gadar:_Ek_Prem_Katha" title="Gadar: Ek Prem Katha">Gadar: Ek Prem Katha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dil_Chahta_Hai" title="Dil Chahta Hai">Dil Chahta Hai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham..." title="Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...">Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9Boka_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aśoka (film)">Asoka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2003">2003</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_Filmfare_Awards" title="48th Filmfare Awards">(48th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Devdas_(2002_Hindi_film)" title="Devdas (2002 Hindi film)">Devdas</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abbas%E2%80%93Mustan" title="Abbas–Mustan">Abbas–Mustan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Humraaz" title="Humraaz">Humraaz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Company_(2002_film)" title="Company (2002 film)">Company</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Gupta_(director)" title="Sanjay Gupta (director)">Sanjay Gupta</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaante" title="Kaante">Kaante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Bhatt" title="Vikram Bhatt">Vikram Bhatt</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raaz_(2002_film)" title="Raaz (2002 film)">Raaz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2004">2004</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_Filmfare_Awards" title="49th Filmfare Awards">(49th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Koi..._Mil_Gaya" title="Koi... Mil Gaya">Koi... Mil Gaya</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LOC:_Kargil" title="LOC: Kargil">LOC: Kargil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikhil Advani">Nikhil Advani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho">Kal Ho Naa Ho</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munna_Bhai_M.B.B.S." title="Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.">Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhoot_(film)" title="Bhoot (film)">Bhoot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satish_Kaushik" title="Satish Kaushik">Satish Kaushik</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tere_Naam" title="Tere Naam">Tere Naam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2005">2005</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_Filmfare_Awards" title="50th Filmfare Awards">(50th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Kunal_Kohli" title="Kunal Kohli">Kunal Kohli</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Hum_Tum_(film)" title="Hum Tum (film)">Hum Tum</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swades" title="Swades">Swades</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farah_Khan" title="Farah Khan">Farah Khan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakshya_(2004_film)" title="Lakshya (2004 film)">Lakshya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khakee" title="Khakee">Khakee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Veer-Zaara" title="Veer-Zaara">Veer-Zaara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2006">2006</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_Filmfare_Awards" title="51st Filmfare Awards">(51st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Black_(2005_film)" title="Black (2005 film)">Black</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhur_Bhandarkar" title="Madhur Bhandarkar">Madhur Bhandarkar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Page_3_(film)" title="Page 3 (film)">Page 3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagesh_Kukunoor" title="Nagesh Kukunoor">Nagesh Kukunoor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iqbal_(film)" title="Iqbal (film)">Iqbal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Sarkar" title="Pradeep Sarkar">Pradeep Sarkar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parineeta_(2005_film)" title="Parineeta (2005 film)">Parineeta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Varma" title="Ram Gopal Varma">Ram Gopal Varma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarkar_(2005_film)" title="Sarkar (2005 film)">Sarkar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2007">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="52nd Filmfare Awards">(52nd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra" title="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra">Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rang_De_Basanti" title="Rang De Basanti">Rang De Basanti</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna" title="Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna">Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lage_Raho_Munna_Bhai" title="Lage Raho Munna Bhai">Lage Raho Munna Bhai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krrish" title="Krrish">Krrish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Gadhvi" title="Sanjay Gadhvi">Sanjay Gadhvi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhoom_2" title="Dhoom 2">Dhoom 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omkara_(2006_film)" title="Omkara (2006 film)">Omkara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2008">2008</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="53rd Filmfare Awards">(53rd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Taare_Zameen_Par" title="Taare Zameen Par">Taare Zameen Par</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Life_in_a..._Metro" title="Life in a... Metro">Life in a... Metro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farah_Khan" title="Farah Khan">Farah Khan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om" title="Om Shanti Om">Om Shanti Om</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_Ali_(director)" title="Imtiaz Ali (director)">Imtiaz Ali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jab_We_Met" title="Jab We Met">Jab We Met</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guru_(2007_film)" title="Guru (2007 film)">Guru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimit_Amin" title="Shimit Amin">Shimit Amin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chak_De!_India" title="Chak De! India">Chak De! India</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2009">2009</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="53rd Filmfare Awards">(54th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AR_Murugadoss" title="AR Murugadoss">A. R. Murugadoss</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghajini_(2008_film)" title="Ghajini (2008 film)">Ghajini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Kapoor" title="Abhishek Kapoor">Abhishek Kapoor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_On!!" title="Rock On!!">Rock On!!</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rab_Ne_Bana_Di_Jodi" title="Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi">Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhur_Bhandarkar" title="Madhur Bhandarkar">Madhur Bhandarkar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fashion_(2008_film)" title="Fashion (2008 film)">Fashion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neeraj_Pandey" title="Neeraj Pandey">Neeraj Pandey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Wednesday!" title="A Wednesday!">A Wednesday!</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2010">2010</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_Filmfare_Awards" title="55th Filmfare Awards">(55th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/3_Idiots" title="3 Idiots">3 Idiots</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dev.D" title="Dev.D">Dev.D</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayan_Mukerji" title="Ayan Mukerji">Ayan Mukerji</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wake_Up_Sid" title="Wake Up Sid">Wake Up Sid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_Ali_(director)" title="Imtiaz Ali (director)">Imtiaz Ali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Love_Aaj_Kal_(2009_film)" title="Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)">Love Aaj Kal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Balki" title="R. Balki">R. Balki</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paa_(film)" title="Paa (film)">Paa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaminey" title="Kaminey">Kaminey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2011">2011</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_Filmfare_Awards" title="56th Filmfare Awards">(56th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/My_Name_is_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="My Name is Khan">My Name is Khan</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Kashyap" title="Abhinav Kashyap">Abhinav Kashyap</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dabangg" title="Dabangg">Dabangg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maneesh_Sharma" title="Maneesh Sharma">Manish Sharma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Band_Baaja_Baaraat" title="Band Baaja Baaraat">Band Baaja Baaraat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guzaarish_(2010_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guzaarish (2010 film)">Guzaarish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikramaditya_Motwane" title="Vikramaditya Motwane">Vikramaditya Motwane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaan_(2010_film)" title="Udaan (2010 film)">Udaan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2012">2012</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_Filmfare_Awards" title="57th Filmfare Awards">(57th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Zindagi_Na_Milegi_Dobara" title="Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara">Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhinay_Deo" title="Abhinay Deo">Abhinay Deo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Belly_(film)" title="Delhi Belly (film)">Delhi Belly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_2" title="Don 2">Don 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_Ali_(director)" title="Imtiaz Ali (director)">Imtiaz Ali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockstar_(2011_film)" title="Rockstar (2011 film)">Rockstar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milan_Luthria" title="Milan Luthria">Milan Luthria</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Dirty_Picture" title="The Dirty Picture">The Dirty Picture</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kumar_Gupta" title="Raj Kumar Gupta">Raj Kumar Gupta</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/No_One_Killed_Jessica" title="No One Killed Jessica">No One Killed Jessica</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2013">2013</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_Filmfare_Awards" title="58th Filmfare Awards">(58th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sujoy_Ghosh" title="Sujoy Ghosh">Sujoy Ghosh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Kahaani" title="Kahaani">Kahaani</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barfi!" title="Barfi!">Barfi!</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangs_of_Wasseypur" title="Gangs of Wasseypur">Gangs of Wasseypur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gauri_Shinde" title="Gauri Shinde">Gauri Shinde</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Vinglish" title="English Vinglish">English Vinglish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shoojit_Sircar" title="Shoojit Sircar">Shoojit Sircar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Donor" title="Vicky Donor">Vicky Donor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2014">2014</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_Filmfare_Awards" title="59th Filmfare Awards">(59th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra" title="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra">Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bhaag_Milkha_Bhaag" title="Bhaag Milkha Bhaag">Bhaag Milkha Bhaag</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Kapoor" title="Abhishek Kapoor">Abhishek Kapoor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kai_Po_Che!" title="Kai Po Che!">Kai Po Che!</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anand_L._Rai" class="mw-redirect" title="Anand L. Rai">Anand L. Rai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raanjhanaa" title="Raanjhanaa">Raanjhanaa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayan_Mukerji" title="Ayan Mukerji">Ayan Mukerji</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeh_Jawaani_Hai_Deewani" title="Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani">Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rohit_Shetty" title="Rohit Shetty">Rohit Shetty</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Express" title="Chennai Express">Chennai Express</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goliyon_Ki_Raasleela_Ram-Leela" title="Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela">Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2015">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_Filmfare_Awards" title="60th Filmfare Awards">(60th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Vikas_Bahl" title="Vikas Bahl">Vikas Bahl</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Queen_(2014_film)" title="Queen (2014 film)">Queen</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Varman" title="Abhishek Varman">Abhishek Varman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2_States_(2014_film)" title="2 States (2014 film)">2 States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ugly_(film)" title="Ugly (film)">Ugly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/PK_(film)" title="PK (film)">PK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haider_(film)" title="Haider (film)">Haider</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2016">2016</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_Filmfare_Awards" title="61st Filmfare Awards">(61st)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bajirao_Mastani" title="Bajirao Mastani">Bajirao Mastani</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anand_L._Rai" class="mw-redirect" title="Anand L. Rai">Anand L. Rai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanu_Weds_Manu_Returns" title="Tanu Weds Manu Returns">Tanu Weds Manu Returns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Khan_(director)" title="Kabir Khan (director)">Kabir Khan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bajrangi_Bhaijaan" title="Bajrangi Bhaijaan">Bajrangi Bhaijaan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talvar_(film)" title="Talvar (film)">Talvar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shoojit_Sircar" title="Shoojit Sircar">Shoojit Sircar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piku" title="Piku">Piku</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badlapur_(film)" title="Badlapur (film)">Badlapur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2017">2017</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="62nd Filmfare Awards">(62nd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Dangal_(2016_film)" title="Dangal (2016 film)">Dangal</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Chaubey" title="Abhishek Chaubey">Abhishek Chaubey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udta_Punjab" title="Udta Punjab">Udta Punjab</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Abbas_Zafar" title="Ali Abbas Zafar">Ali Abbas Zafar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sultan_(2016_film)" title="Sultan (2016 film)">Sultan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ae_Dil_Hai_Mushkil" title="Ae Dil Hai Mushkil">Ae Dil Hai Mushkil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Madhvani" title="Ram Madhvani">Ram Madhvani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neerja" title="Neerja">Neerja</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakun_Batra" title="Shakun Batra">Shakun Batra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapoor_%26_Sons" title="Kapoor & Sons">Kapoor & Sons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2018" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2018">2018</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="63rd Filmfare Awards">(63rd)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Ashwiny_Iyer_Tiwari" title="Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari">Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Bareilly_Ki_Barfi" title="Bareilly Ki Barfi">Bareilly Ki Barfi</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Advait_Chandan" title="Advait Chandan">Advait Chandan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secret_Superstar" title="Secret Superstar">Secret Superstar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saket_Chaudhary" title="Saket Chaudhary">Saket Chaudhary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_Medium" title="Hindi Medium">Hindi Medium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shashank_Khaitan" title="Shashank Khaitan">Shashank Khaitan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badrinath_Ki_Dulhania" title="Badrinath Ki Dulhania">Badrinath Ki Dulhania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shree_Narayan_Singh" title="Shree Narayan Singh">Shree Narayan Singh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toilet:_Ek_Prem_Katha" title="Toilet: Ek Prem Katha">Toilet: Ek Prem Katha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2019">2019</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_Filmfare_Awards" title="64th Filmfare Awards">(64th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Raazi" title="Raazi">Raazi</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amar_Kaushik" title="Amar Kaushik">Amar Kaushik</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stree_(2018_film)" title="Stree (2018 film)">Stree</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amit_Sharma_(director)" title="Amit Sharma (director)">Amit Sharma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badhaai_Ho" title="Badhaai Ho">Badhaai Ho</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanju" title="Sanju">Sanju</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Padmaavat" title="Padmaavat">Padmaavat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhadhun" title="Andhadhun">Andhadhun</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020s">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:8%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%;">Film </th> <th scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2020">2020</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_Filmfare_Awards" title="65th Filmfare Awards">(65th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Gully_Boy" title="Gully Boy">Gully Boy</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Dhar" title="Aditya Dhar">Aditya Dhar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uri:_The_Surgical_Strike" title="Uri: The Surgical Strike">Uri: The Surgical Strike</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jagan Shakti</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mission_Mangal" title="Mission Mangal">Mission Mangal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhichhore" title="Chhichhore">Chhichhore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siddharth_Anand" title="Siddharth Anand">Siddharth Anand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/War_(2019_film)" title="War (2019 film)">War</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2021">2021</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_Filmfare_Awards" title="66th Filmfare Awards">(66th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Om_Raut" title="Om Raut">Om Raut</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Tanhaji" title="Tanhaji">Tanhaji</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anubhav_Sinha" title="Anubhav Sinha">Anubhav Sinha</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thappad" title="Thappad">Thappad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludo_(film)" title="Ludo (film)">Ludo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sharan Sharma</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunjan_Saxena:_The_Kargil_Girl" title="Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl">Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shoojit_Sircar" title="Shoojit Sircar">Shoojit Sircar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulabo_Sitabo" title="Gulabo Sitabo">Gulabo Sitabo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2022">2022</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_Filmfare_Awards" title="67th Filmfare Awards">(67th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Vishnuvardhan_(director)" title="Vishnuvardhan (director)">Vishnuvardhan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Shershaah" title="Shershaah">Shershaah</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akarsh_Khurana" title="Akarsh Khurana">Akarsh Khurana</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashmi_Rocket" title="Rashmi Rocket">Rashmi Rocket</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Khan_(director)" title="Kabir Khan (director)">Kabir Khan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/83_(film)" title="83 (film)">83</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seema_Pahwa" title="Seema Pahwa">Seema Pahwa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramprasad_Ki_Tehrvi" title="Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi">Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shoojit_Sircar" title="Shoojit Sircar">Shoojit Sircar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Udham" title="Sardar Udham">Sardar Udham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_2023" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bollywood films of 2023">2023</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_Filmfare_Awards" title="68th Filmfare Awards">(68th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Kathiawadi" title="Gangubai Kathiawadi">Gangubai Kathiawadi</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anees_Bazmee" title="Anees Bazmee">Anees Bazmee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhool_Bhulaiyaa_2" title="Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2">Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayan_Mukerji" title="Ayan Mukerji">Ayan Mukerji</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brahm%C4%81stra:_Part_One_%E2%80%93_Shiva" title="Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva">Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harshavardhan_Kulkarni" title="Harshavardhan Kulkarni">Harshavardhan Kulkarni</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badhaai_Do" title="Badhaai Do">Badhaai Do</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uunchai" title="Uunchai">Uunchai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Agnihotri" title="Vivek Agnihotri">Vivek Agnihotri</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Kashmir_Files" title="The Kashmir Files">The Kashmir Files</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindi_films_of_2024" title="List of Hindi films of 2024">2024</a> <a href="/wiki/69th_Filmfare_Awards" title="69th Filmfare Awards">(69th)</a> </th> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86;"><a href="/wiki/12th_Fail" title="12th Fail">12th Fail</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amit_Rai" title="Amit Rai">Amit Rai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/OMG_2" title="OMG 2">OMG 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlee_(director)" title="Atlee (director)">Atlee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawan_(film)" title="Jawan (film)">Jawan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Aur_Rani_Kii_Prem_Kahaani" title="Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani">Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandeep_Reddy_Vanga" title="Sandeep Reddy Vanga">Sandeep Reddy Vanga</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal_(2023_Indian_film)" title="Animal (2023 Indian film)">Animal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siddharth_Anand" title="Siddharth Anand">Siddharth Anand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pathaan_(film)" title="Pathaan (film)">Pathaan</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a 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Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1978&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1978%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1979/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1979"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 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Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1980&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1980%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1981/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1981"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 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Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1983&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1983%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1984/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1984"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1984&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1984%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1985/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1985"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1985&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1985%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1986/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1986"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 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Retrieved 27 August 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Complete+list+of+winners+of+Filmfare+Awards+1990&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovie-awards%2Ffilmfare-awards-winners%2Fbollywood%2F1990%2F101&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFilmfare+Award+for+Best+Director" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/filmfare-awards-winners/bollywood/1991/101">"Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 1991"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Debut" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut">Male Debut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Female_Debut" title="Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut">Female Debut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Debut_Director" title="Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director">Debut Director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Music_Director" title="Filmfare Award for Best Music Director">Music Director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Lyricist" title="Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist">Lyricist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Male Playback Singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer">Female Playback Singer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">Critics' awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Film" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film">Best Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Documentary" title="Filmfare Award for Best Documentary">Documentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">Technical awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Story" title="Filmfare Award for Best Story">Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay">Screenplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Dialogue" title="Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue">Dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Action" title="Filmfare Award for Best Action">Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Art_Direction" title="Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction">Art Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Background_Score" title="Filmfare Award for Best Background Score">Background Score</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography">Cinematography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Editing" title="Filmfare Award for Best Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Choreography" title="Filmfare Award for Best Choreography">Choreography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Sound_Design" title="Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design">Sound Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Special_Effects" title="Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects">Special Effects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design">Costume Design</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">Special awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award">Lifetime Achievement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_RD_Burman_Award_for_New_Music_Talent" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent">RD Burman Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Special_Award" title="Filmfare Special Award">Special Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_New_Face_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year">New Face of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Scene_of_the_Year" title="Filmfare Award for Best Scene of the Year">Scene of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Power_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Power Award">Power Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">Award ceremonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Filmfare_Awards" title="1st Filmfare Awards">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="2nd Filmfare Awards">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="3rd Filmfare Awards">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Filmfare_Awards" title="4th Filmfare Awards">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Filmfare_Awards" title="5th Filmfare Awards">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Filmfare_Awards" title="6th Filmfare Awards">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Filmfare_Awards" title="7th Filmfare Awards">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Filmfare_Awards" title="8th Filmfare Awards">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Filmfare_Awards" title="9th Filmfare Awards">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Filmfare_Awards" title="10th Filmfare Awards">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Filmfare_Awards" title="11th Filmfare Awards">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Filmfare_Awards" title="12th Filmfare Awards">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Filmfare_Awards" title="13th Filmfare Awards">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Filmfare_Awards" title="14th Filmfare Awards">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Filmfare_Awards" title="15th Filmfare Awards">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Filmfare_Awards" title="16th Filmfare Awards">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Filmfare_Awards" title="17th Filmfare Awards">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Filmfare_Awards" title="18th Filmfare Awards">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Filmfare_Awards" title="19th Filmfare Awards">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Filmfare_Awards" title="20th Filmfare Awards">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Filmfare_Awards" title="21st Filmfare Awards">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="22nd Filmfare Awards">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="23rd Filmfare Awards">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Filmfare_Awards" title="24th Filmfare Awards">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Filmfare_Awards" title="25th Filmfare Awards">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Filmfare_Awards" title="26th Filmfare Awards">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Filmfare_Awards" title="27th Filmfare Awards">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Filmfare_Awards" title="28th Filmfare Awards">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Filmfare_Awards" title="29th Filmfare Awards">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Filmfare_Awards" title="30th Filmfare Awards">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Filmfare_Awards" title="31st Filmfare Awards">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="32nd Filmfare Awards">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="33rd Filmfare Awards">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Filmfare_Awards" title="34th Filmfare Awards">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Filmfare_Awards" title="35th Filmfare Awards">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Filmfare_Awards" title="36th Filmfare Awards">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Filmfare_Awards" title="37th Filmfare Awards">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Filmfare_Awards" title="38th Filmfare Awards">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Filmfare_Awards" title="39th Filmfare Awards">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Filmfare_Awards" title="40th Filmfare Awards">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Filmfare_Awards" title="41st Filmfare Awards">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="42nd Filmfare Awards">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Filmfare_Awards" title="43rd Filmfare Awards">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Filmfare_Awards" title="44th Filmfare Awards">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Filmfare_Awards" title="45th Filmfare Awards">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Filmfare_Awards" title="46th Filmfare Awards">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Filmfare_Awards" title="47th Filmfare Awards">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Filmfare_Awards" title="48th Filmfare Awards">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Filmfare_Awards" title="49th Filmfare Awards">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Filmfare_Awards" title="50th Filmfare Awards">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Filmfare_Awards" title="51st Filmfare Awards">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Filmfare_Awards" title="52nd 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title="64th Filmfare Awards">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Filmfare_Awards" title="65th Filmfare Awards">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Filmfare_Awards" title="66th Filmfare Awards">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Filmfare_Awards" title="67th Filmfare Awards">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Filmfare_Awards" title="68th Filmfare Awards">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Filmfare_Awards" title="69th Filmfare Awards">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #EEDD82"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Times_Group" title="The Times Group">The Times Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards#Records_and_facts" title="Filmfare Awards">Records and facts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">South Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_Bangla" title="Filmfare Awards Bangla">Bengali 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title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abrar_Alvi" title="Abrar Alvi">Abrar Alvi</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Anand_(filmmaker)" title="Vijay Anand (filmmaker)">Vijay Anand</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1970)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1971–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asit_Sen_(director)" title="Asit Sen (director)">Asit Sen</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1972)</li> <li>Sohanlal Kanwar (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1991–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukul_S._Anand" title="Mukul S. Anand">Mukul S. Anand</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. 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