Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director

Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
Awarded for	Best Direction by a Debut Director
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Zoya Akhtar, Luck By Chance (2010) Ayan Mukerji, Wake Up Sid (2010)
Currently held by	Tarun Dudeja Dhak Dhak (2023)
Website	Filmfare 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

• 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 Iyer Tiwari – Nil Battey Sannata
• 2018
  Konkona Sen Sharma – A Death in the Gunj
• 2019
  Amar Kaushik – Stree

2020s

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

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India