Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director

Annual award for Hindi films

Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
Awarded forBest Direction by a Debut Director
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardedZoya Akhtar,
Luck By Chance (2010)
Ayan Mukerji, Wake Up Sid (2010)
Currently held byTarun Dudeja
Dhak Dhak (2023)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

The Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director is given by Filmfare at its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise directors for their debut films. It was first presented in 2010 in the inaugural year.

List of winners

2010s

Year Director Film
2010 Ayan Mukerji Wake Up Sid
Zoya Akhtar Luck by Chance
2011 Maneesh Sharma Band Baaja Baaraat
2012 Abhinay Deo Delhi Belly
2013 Gauri Shinde English Vinglish
2014 Ritesh Batra The Lunchbox
2015 Abhishek Varman 2 States
2016 Neeraj Ghaywan Masaan
2017 Ashwiny lyer Tiwari Nil Battey Sannata
2018 Konkona Sen Sharma A Death in the Gunj
2019 Amar Kaushik Stree

2020s

Year Director Film
2020 Aditya Dhar Uri: The Surgical Strike
2021 Rajesh Krishnan Lootcase
2022 Seema Pahwa Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
2023 Jaspal Singh Sandhu Vadh
Rajeev Barnwal
2024 Tarun Dudeja Dhak Dhak

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