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

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

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Hindi film industry
• Cinema of India