Filmfare Award for Best Director

The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year.

Superlatives

Bimal Roy 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). Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received the award 4 times each. Yash Chopra received 12 nominations, while Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received 6 nominations each. Mahesh Bhatt 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 – Gulzar in 1974 (for ''Achanak'' and '' Koshish''), Basu Chatterjee in 1977 (for '' Chhoti Si Baat'' and '' Chitchor'') and Hrishikesh Mukherjee in 1980 (for '' Gol Maal'' and ''Jurmana'').

Sai Paranjpye was the first of 4 women to have won this award, the second being Zoya Akhtar, the third being Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, and the fourth being Meghna Gulzar. Sai Paranjpye won it for '' Sparsh'' in 1985. Paranjpye had earlier been nominated for '' Chashme Buddoor'' in 1982. Zoya Akhtar won it for ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' in 2012. Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari won it for '' Bareilly Ki Barfi'' in 2018 and Meghna Gulzar won it in for '' Raazi'' in 2019, after previously being nominated in 2016 for ''Talvar''. Akhtar won the award again for '' Gully Boy'' in 2020, thus becoming the only woman to win the award twice. Other women directors to have been nominated are Mira Nair for '' Salaam Bombay!'' in 1990, Farah Khan for '' Main Hoon Na'' in 2005 and for ''Om Shanti Om'' in 2008, and Gauri Shinde for ''English Vinglish'' in 2013.

Rajkumar Santoshi remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films – for ''Ghayal'' in 1991 and for '' Damini'' in 1994.

Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari are the only married couple to win the award. Additionally, they won the award in consecutive years – Nitesh Tiwari won the award for '' Dangal'' in 2017 and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari won the award for '' Bareilly Ki Barfi'' in 2018.

Only once have two siblings been nominated in the same year; Zoya Akhtar for ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' and Farhan Akhtar for '' Don 2'' in 2012.

Multiple nominations

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).

* 7 : Bimal Roy (7)
* 4 : Yash Chopra (12)
* 4 : Sanjay Leela Bhansali (7)
* 4 : Raj Kapoor (6)
* 2 : Rakesh Roshan (5)
* 2 : Rajkumar Santoshi (5)
* 2 : Karan Johar (5)
* 2 : Ashutosh Gowariker (3)
* 2 : Manoj Kumar (3)
* 2 : Zoya Akhtar (2)
* 2 : Govind Nihalani (2)
* 2 : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2)
* 1 : Subhash Ghai (6)
* 1 : Gulzar (6)
* 1 : B. R. Chopra (5)
* 1 : Rajkumar Hirani (5)
* 1 : Mansoor Khan (4)
* 1 : Shyam Benegal (3)
* 1 : Basu Chatterjee (3)
* 1 : Aditya Chopra (3)
* 1 : Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3)
* 1 : Sohanlal Kanwar (3)
* 1 : Mukul Anand (2)
* 1 : Sooraj Barjatya (2)
* 1 : J. P. Dutta (2)
* 1 : Shekhar Kapur (2)
* 1 : Mehboob Khan (2)
* 1 : Sai Paranjpye (2)
* 1 : Ramanand Sagar (2)
* 1 : Asit Sen (2)
* 1 : V. Shantaram (2)
* 1 : Meghna Gulzar (2)
* 1 : Nitesh Tiwari (2)
* 1 : Kunal Kohli (1)
* 1 : Sujoy Ghosh (1)
* 1 : Aamir Khan (1)
* 1 : Vikas Bahl (1)
* 1 : Om Raut (1)
* 1 : Vijay Anand (1)
* 1 : Abrar Alvi (1)
* 1 : Satyajit Ray (1)
* 1 : Muzaffar Ali (1)
* 0 : Mahesh Bhatt (6)
* 0 : Hrishikesh Mukherjee (5)
* 0 : Ram Gopal Varma (5)
* 0 : Shoojit Sircar (4)
* 0 : Ramesh Sippy (3)
* 0 : Imtiaz Ali (3)
* 0 : Anurag Kashyap (3)
* 0 : Anurag Basu (3)
* 0 : Vishal Bhardwaj (3)
* 0 : Farhan Akhtar (3)
* 0 : Shakti Samanta (3)
* 0 : Prakash Mehra (2)
* 0 : Indra Kumar (2)
* 0 : Rajiv Rai (2)
* 0 : Dharmesh Darshan (2)
* 0 : Abbas–Mustan (2)
* 0 : Abhishek Kapoor (2)
* 0 : Ayan Mukerji (2)
* 0 : Aanand L. Rai (2)
* 0 : Farah Khan (2)
* 0 : Kabir Khan (2)
* 0 : Madhur Bhandarkar (2)
* 0 : Sriram Raghavan (2)
* 0 : L. V. Prasad (2)
* 0 : Raj Khosla (2)
* 0 : David Dhawan (2)
* 0 : Vikram Bhatt (2)
* 0 : Rahul Rawail (2)

Winner and nominees

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.

1950s

* 1954 Bimal Roy – '' Do Bigha Zamin''
* 1955 Bimal Roy – '' Parineeta''
* 1956 Bimal Roy – '' Biraj Bahu''
* 1957 V. Shantaram – '' Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje''
* 1958 Mehboob Khan – '' Mother India''
* 1959 Bimal Roy – ''Madhumati''
** B. R. Chopra – ''Sadhna''
** Mahesh Kaul – '' Talaaq''

1960s

* 1960 Bimal Roy – '' Sujata''
** L. V. Prasad – '' Chhoti Bahen''
** V. Shantaram – '' Navrang''
* 1961 Bimal Roy – '' Parakh''
** K. Asif – '' Mughal-e-Azam''
** Kishore Sahu – ''Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai''
* 1962 B. R. Chopra – '' Kanoon''
** Nitin Bose – '' Gunga Jumna''
** Radhu Karmakar – ''Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai''
* 1963 Abrar Alvi – ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam''
** Biren Nag – '' Bees Saal Baad''
** Mehboob Khan – '' Son of India''
* 1964 Bimal Roy – '' Bandini''
** B. R. Chopra – '' Gumrah''
** C. V. Sridhar – ''Dil Ek Mandir''
* 1965 Raj Kapoor – '' Sangam''
** Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – '' Shehar Aur Sapna''
** Satyen Bose – ''Dosti''
* 1966 Yash Chopra – '' Waqt''
** Chetan Anand – '' Haqeeqat''
** Ramanand Sagar – '' Arzoo''
* 1967 Vijay Anand – '' Guide''
** Asit Sen – '' Mamta''
** Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Anupama''
* 1968 Manoj Kumar – '' Upkar''
** A. Bhimsingh – '' Mehrban''
** A. Subba Rao – ''Milan''
* 1969 Ramanand Sagar – '' Ankhen''
** Bhappi Soni – ''Brahmachari''
** Ram Maheshwari – '' Neel Kamal''

1970s

* 1970 Yash Chopra – '' Ittefaq''
** L. V. Prasad – ''Jeene Ki Raah''
** Shakti Samanta – '' Aradhana''
* 1971 Asit Sen – '' Safar''
** Raj Khosla – '' Do Raaste''
** Sohanlal Kanwar – '' Pehchan''
* 1972 Raj Kapoor – '' Mera Naam Joker''
** Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Anand''
** Shakti Samanta – ''Kati Patang''
* 1973 Sohanlal Kanwar – '' Be-Imaan''
** Kamal Amrohi – '' Pakeezah''
** Manoj Kumar – '' Shor''
* 1974 Yash Chopra – '' Daag''
** Gulzar – '' Achanak''
** Gulzar – '' Koshish''
** Raj Kapoor – '' Bobby''
** Rajendra Bhatia – '' Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar''
* 1975 Manoj Kumar – '' Roti Kapda Aur Makaan''
** Anil Ganguly – '' Kora Kagaz''
** Basu Bhattacharya – ''Avishkaar''
** M. S. Sathyu – '' Garm Hava''
** Shyam Benegal – '' Ankur''
* 1976 Yash Chopra – '' Deewaar''
** Gulzar – '' Aandhi''
** Ramesh Sippy – '' Sholay''
** Shakti Samanta – '' Amanush''
** Sohanlal Kanwar – '' Sanyasi''
* 1977 Gulzar – '' Mausam''
** Basu Chatterjee – '' Chhoti Si Baat''
** Basu Chatterjee – '' Chitchor''
** Rajkumar Kohli – '' Nagin''
** Yash Chopra – '' Kabhi Kabhie''
* 1978 Basu Chatterjee – '' Swami''
** Asrani – '' Chala Murari Hero Banne''
** Bhimsain – ''Gharaonda''
** Gulzar – '' Kinara''
** Manmohan Desai – '' Amar Akbar Anthony''
* 1979 Satyajit Ray – '' Shatranj Ke Khilari''
** Prakash Mehra – '' Muqaddar Ka Sikandar''
** Raj Kapoor – '' Satyam Shivam Sundaram''
**Raj Khosla – '' Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki''
** Yash Chopra – '' Trishul''

1980s

* 1980 Shyam Benegal – '' Junoon''
** Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Gol Maal''
** Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Jurmana''
** Manmohan Krishna – '' Noorie''
**Yash Chopra – '' Kaala Patthar''
* 1981 Govind Nihalani – '' Aakrosh''
** B. R. Chopra – ''Insaaf Ka Tarazu''
** Esmayeel Shroff – ''Thodisi Bewafaii''
** Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Khubsoorat''
** J. Om Prakash – '' Aasha''
* 1982 Muzaffar Ali – '' Umrao Jaan''
** K. Balachander – ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye''
** Rabindra Dharamraj – ''Chakra''
** Ramesh Talwar – ''Baseraa''
** Sai Paranjpye – '' Chashme Buddoor''
** Shyam Benegal – '' Kalyug''
* 1983 Raj Kapoor – '' Prem Rog''
** B. R. Chopra – '' Nikaah''
** Ramesh Sippy – ''Shakti''
** Sagar Sarhadi – ''Bazaar''
** Subhash Ghai – '' Vidhaata''
* 1984 Govind Nihalani – '' Ardh Satya''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Arth''
** Mohan Kumar – '' Avtaar''
** Rahul Rawail – ''Betaab''
** Shekhar Kapur – '' Masoom''
* 1985 Sai Paranjpye – '' Sparsh''
** Kundan Shah – '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Saaransh''
** Prakash Mehra – '' Sharaabi''
** Ravi Chopra – ''Aaj Ki Awaaz''
* 1986 Raj Kapoor – '' Ram Teri Ganga Maili''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Janam''
** Rahul Rawail – '' Arjun''
** Ramesh Sippy – '' Saagar''
* 1987 No Award
* 1988 No Award
* 1989 Mansoor Khan – '' Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak''
** N. Chandra – ''Tezaab''
** Rakesh Roshan – '' Khoon Bhari Maang''

1990s

* 1990 Vidhu Vinod Chopra – '' Parinda''
** Mira Nair – '' Salaam Bombay!''
** Sooraj Barjatya – '' Maine Pyar Kiya''
** Subhash Ghai – '' Ram Lakhan''
** Yash Chopra – '' Chandni''
* 1991 Rajkumar Santoshi – '' Ghayal''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Aashiqui''
** Mukul Anand – '' Agneepath''
** Ravi Raja Pinisetty – '' Pratibandh''
* 1992 Subhash Ghai – '' Saudagar''
** Lawrence D'Souza – ''Saajan''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin''
** Randhir Kapoor – '' Henna''
** Yash Chopra – ''Lamhe''
* 1993 Mukul S. Anand – '' Khuda Gawah''
** Indra Kumar – ''Beta''
** Mansoor Khan – ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar''
* 1994 Rajkumar Santoshi – '' Damini''
** David Dhawan – '' Aankhen''
** Mahesh Bhatt – '' Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke''
** Subhash Ghai – '' Khalnayak''
** Yash Chopra – '' Darr''
* 1995 Sooraj Barjatya – '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!''
** Mehul Kumar

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