MFK Award for Favourite Director

The Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented by the Zee Talkies each year to recognise directors working in Marathi cinema.^[1][2] Although the awards started in 2009, awards for the Best Director category started the following year 2010.^[3]

Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Director
Country	India
Presented by	Zee Talkies
First award	Santosh Manjrekar, Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy (2010)
Currently held by	Riteish Deshmukh, Ved (2023)

Superlatives

Superlatives	Directors	Record
Director with most awards	Mahesh Manjrekar Sanjay Jadhav Nagraj Manjule Pravin Tarde	2
Director with most nominations	Mahesh Manjrekar	8
	Sanjay Jadhav	7
Director with most nominations without ever winning	Ravi Jadhav	5

Recipients

Year	Photos of winners	Director	Film	Ref.
2010		Santosh Manjrekar	Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy	[4]
		Ravi Jadhav	Natarang
		Mahesh Manjrekar	Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho
2011		Mahesh Manjrekar	Lalbaug Parel	[5]
		Anant Mahadevan	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
		Ravi Jadhav	Balgandharva
		Sanjay Jadhav	Fakta Ladh Mhana
		Kiran Yadnopavit	Taryanche Bait
2012		Mahesh Manjrekar	Kaksparsh	[6]
		Chandrakant Kulkarni	Tukaram
		Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	Deool
		Sujay Dahake	Shala
		Avadhoot Gupte	Morya
2013		Sanjay Jadhav	Duniyadari
		Ravi Jadhav	Balak Palak
		Sachin Pilgaonkar	Ekulti Ek
		Mahesh Kothare	Zapatlela 2
		Mahesh Manjrekar	Kokanastha
2014		Nishikant Kamat	Lai Bhaari
		Nagraj Manjule	Fandry
		Abhijit Panse	Rege
		Mahesh Limaye	Yellow
2015		Paresh Mokashi	Elizabeth Ekadashi	[7]
		Ravi Jadhav	Timepass 2
		Aditya Sarpotdar	Classmates
		Sanjay Jadhav	Pyaar Vali Love Story
		Avinash Arun	Killa
		Sameer Vidwans	Double Seat
2016		Nagraj Manjule	Sairat	[8]
		Mahesh Manjrekar	Natsamrat
		Subodh Bhave	Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
		Satish Rajwade	Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2
		Chandrakant Kanse	Dagadi Chawl
		Sameer Patil	Poshter Girl
2017		Aditya Sarpotdar	Faster Fene	[9]
		Satish Rajwade	Ti Saddhya Kay Karte
		Rajesh Mapuskar	Ventilator
		Paresh Mokashi	Chi Va Chi Sau Ka
		Vishal Devrukhkar	Boyz
		Varun Narvekar	Muramba
2018		Pravin Tarde	Mulshi Pattern
		Sanjay Jadhav	Ye Re Ye Re Paisa
		Digpal Lanjekar	Farzand
		Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti	Naal
		Bhaurao Karhade	Baban
		Vishal Devrukhkar	Boyz 2
2019		Sanjay Jadhav	Khari Biscuit	[10]
		Prasad Oak	Hirkani
		Digpal Lanjekar	Fatteshikast
		Hemant Dhome	Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2
		Sameer Vidhwans	Anandi Gopal
		Milind Kavde	Takatak
2021		Nagraj Manjule	Sairat	[11][12]
		Santosh Manjrekar	Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy
		Mahesh Manjrekar	Lalbaug Parel
			Kaksparsh
		Sanjay Jadhav	Duniyadari
			Khari Biscuit
		Nishikant Kamat	Lai Bhaari
		Paresh Mokashi	Elizabeth Ekadashi
		Aditya Sarpotdar	Faster Fene
		Pravin Tarde	Mulshi Pattern
2022		Pravin Tarde	Dharmaveer	[13][14]
		Prasad Oak	Chandramukhi
		Ravi Jadhav	Timepass 3
		Viju Mane	Pandu
		Digpal Lanjekar	Sher Shivraj
		Aditya Sarpotdar	Zombivli
		Mahesh Manjrekar, Sudesh Manjrekar	De Dhakka 2
		Abhijit Deshpande	Har Har Mahadev
2023		Riteish Deshmukh	Ved	[15]
		Kedar Shinde	Baipan Bhaari Deva
			Maharashtra Shahir
		Digpal Lanjekar	Subhedar
		Paresh Mokashi	Vaalvi
		Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti	Naal 2
		Hemant Dhome	Jhimma 2
		Hemant Jangal Awtade	Ghar Banduk Biryani