Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director

The Nandi Award for Best Debut Director winners since 1981:^[1]

Year	Director	Film	Ref
2016	Kalyan Krishna Kurasala	Soggade Chinni Nayana
2015	Nag Ashwin	Yevade Subramanyam
2014	Chandoo Mondeti	Karthikeya
2013	Koratala Siva	Mirchi	[2]
2012	Ayodhya Kumar	Minugurulu	[2]
2011	Bhanu Prakash	Prayogam
2010	Nandini Reddy	Ala Modalaindi
2009	Suman Pathuri	Inkosaari	[3]
2008	Sai Kiran Adivi	Vinayakudu
2007	Ravi Tenali	Muhurtham
2006	Bhaskar	Bommarillu
2005	Surender Reddy	Athanokkade	[4]
2004	Indraganti Mohan Krishna	Grahanam
2003	Rasool Ellore	Okariki Okaru
2002	V. V. Vinayak	Aadi
2001	K. N. T. Sastry	Thiladanam	[5]
2000	G. Ramprasad	Chiru Navvutho	[6]
1999	Srinu Vaitla	Nee Kosam	[7]
1998	A. Karunakaran	Tholi Prema	[7]
1997	Veeru K	Aaro Pranam	[7]
1996	Gangaraju Gunnam	Little Soldiers
1995	Krishna Vamsi	Gulabi	[8]
1994	No Award	No Award
1993	N. Shiva Nageswara Rao	Money	[citation needed]
1992	Gunasekhar	Laati
1991	K. Srirama Chandra Murthry	Manjeera Nadam
1990	Alladi Sreedhar	Komaram Bheemu
1989	Ram Gopal Varma	Siva
1988	M. V. Raghu	Kallu
1987	Geetha Krishna	Sankeerthana
1986	B. Gopal	Prathidvani
1984	Kranthi Kumar	Swathi
1983	T. Krishna	Neti Bharatam
1982	Vejella Satyanarayana	Maro Malupu
1981	Yerramneni Chandramouli	Palle Pilichindi