Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director

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.

Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
Awarded for	Best Direction by a Debut Director
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	Ayan Mukerji, Wake Up Sid (2010) Zoya Akhtar, Luck By Chance (2010)
Currently held by	Tarun Dudeja Dhak Dhak (2024)
Website	Filmfare Awards

List of winners

2010s

Year	Director	Film	Ref.
2010	Ayan Mukerji	Wake Up Sid	[1]
	Zoya Akhtar	Luck by Chance
2011	Maneesh Sharma	Band Baaja Baaraat	[2]
2012	Abhinay Deo	Delhi Belly	[3]
2013	Gauri Shinde	English Vinglish	[4]
2014	Ritesh Batra	The Lunchbox	[5]
2015	Abhishek Varman	2 States	[6]
2016	Neeraj Ghaywan	Masaan	[7]
2017	Ashwiny lyer Tiwari	Nil Battey Sannata	[8]
2018	Konkona Sen Sharma	A Death in the Gunj	[9]
2019	Amar Kaushik	Stree	[10]

2020s

Year	Director	Film	Ref.
2020	Aditya Dhar	Uri: The Surgical Strike	[11]
2021	Rajesh Krishnan	Lootcase	[12]
2022	Seema Pahwa	Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi	[13]
2023	Jaspal Singh Sandhu	Vadh	[14]
	Rajeev Barnwal
2024	Tarun Dudeja	Dhak Dhak	[15]

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Hindi film industry
• Cinema of India