SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a debut director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu
Awarded for	Best Debut direction in a Telugu film
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2012
Currently held by	Shouryuv, Hi Nanna (2023)

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Youngest winner	Sujeeth	Age 25
Oldest winner	Maruthi	Age 40

Winners

Year	Director	Film	Ref
2011	B. V. Nandini Reddy	Ala Modalaindi	[1]
2012	Maruthi	Ee Rojullo	[2]
2013	No Award
2014	Sujeeth	Run Raja Run	[3][4]
2015	Anil Ravipudi	Pataas	[5][6]
2016	Tharun Bhascker	Pelli Choopulu	[1][7]
2017	Sandeep Vanga	Arjun Reddy	[8][9]
2018	Ajay Bhupathi	RX 100	[10][11]
2019	Swaroop RSJ	Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya	[12]
2020	Karuna Kumar	Palasa 1978	[13]
2021	Buchi Babu Sana	Uppena
2022	Mallidi Vassishta	Bimbisara
2023	Shouryuv	Hi Nanna	[14]

Nominations

• 2011: B. V. Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi
  • Santosh Srinivas – Kandireega
  • Venu Sree Raam – Oh My Friend
  • Veerabhadram Chowdary – Aha Naa Pellanta
  • Ajay Bhuyan – Dhada
• 2012: Maruthi – Ee Rojullo
  • Tanikella Bharani – Midhunam
  • Balaji Mohan – Love Failure
  • Ohmkar – Genius
  • Kranthi Madhav – Onamalu
• 2014: Sujeeth – Run Raja Run
  • Sripriya – Drushyam
  • Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya
  • K. S. Ravindra – Power
  • Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade
• 2015: Anil Ravipudi – Pataas
  • Karthik Ghattamaneni – Surya vs Surya
  • Radha Krishna Kumar – Jil
  • Nag Ashwin – Yevade Subramanyam
  • Sriram Aditya– Bhale Manchi Roju
• 2016: Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu
  • G. Naga Koteswara Rao – Nirmala Convent
  • K. V. Dayanand Reddy – Siddhartha
  • Kalyan Krishna Kurasala – Soggade Chinni Nayana
  • Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam
• 2017: Sandeep Vanga – Arjun Reddy
  • Mahi V. Raghav – Anando Brahma
  • Prabhakar Podakandla – Next Nuvve
  • Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
  • Vivek Athreya – Mental Madhilo
• 2018: Ajay Bhupathi – RX 100
  • Rahul Ravindran – Chi La Sow
  • Venky Atluri – Tholi Prema
  • Venky Kudumula – Chalo
  • Venu Udugula – Needi Naadi Oke Katha
• 2019: Swaroop RSJ – Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
  • Venkat Ramji – Evaru
  • Ritesh Rana – Mathu Vadalara
  • Raj R – Mallesham
  • Vishwak Sen – Falaknuma Das
• 2020: Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978
  • Subbu – Solo Brathuke So Better
  • Sandeep Raj – Colour Photo
  • Sailesh Kolanu – HIT: The First Case
  • Ramana Teja – Aswathama
• 2021: Buchi Babu Sana – Uppena
  • Vijay Kanakamedala – Naandhi
  • Hasith Goli – Raja Raja Chora
  • Sridhar Gade – SR Kalyanamandapam
  • Praveen Kandregula – Cinema Bandi
• 2022: Mallidi Vassishta – Bimbisara
  • Sai Kiran – Masooda
  • Shree Karthick – Oke Oka Jeevitham
  • Vidya Sagar – Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam
  • Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
• 2023: Shouryuv – Hi Nanna
  • Kalyan Shankar – Mad
  • Shanmukha Prasanth – Writer Padmabhushan
  • Srikanth Odela – Dasara
  • Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous
  • Venu Yeldandi – Balagam