IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu is given by the International Indian Film Academy in South Indian segment which is known as IIFA Utsavam as part of annual ceremony for Telugu films, to recognise the personality who has delivered an outstanding direction.

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu
Awarded for	Best Direction in Telugu films
Country	India
First award	2015
Currently held by	Anil Ravipudi, Bhagavanth Kesari (2023)
Most nominations	Koratala Siva (2)
Website	iifautsavam.com

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most nominations	Koratala Siva	2

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Director	Film	Ref.
2015 (1st)	S. S. Rajamouli ‡	Baahubali: The Beginning	[1]
	Chandoo Mondeti	Karthikeya
	Koratala Siva	Srimanthudu
	Mahi V. Raghav	Paathasala
	Puri Jagannadh	Temper
2016 (2nd)	Koratala Siva ‡	Janatha Garage	[2]
	Krish Jagarlamudi	Kanche
	Sukumar	Nannaku Prematho
	Tharun Bhascker	Pelli Choopulu
	Vamshi Paidipally	Oopiri
2023 (3rd)	Anil Ravipudi ‡	Bhagavanth Kesari	[3]
	Mahesh Babu Pachigolla	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Prashanth Neel	Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
	Sai Rajesh	Baby
	Srikanth Odela	Dasara