SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best 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 director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with 5 nominations while S. S. Rajamouli is the most awarded director with three wins.

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu
Awarded for	Best Direction in Telugu cinema
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
Established	2012
First award	2012
Currently held by	Srikanth Odela, Dasara (2023)
Most wins	S. S. Rajamouli (3)
Most nominations	Trivikram Srinivas (3)

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Notes
Most awards	S. S. Rajamouli	3 awards
Most nominations	Trivikram Srinivas	5 nominations
Most nominations without a win	Koratala Siva	3 nominations

Winners

Year	Director	Film	Ref
2011	Srinu Vaitla	Dookudu	[1]
2012	Harish Shankar	Gabbar Singh	[2]
2013	Trivikram Srinivas	Attarintiki Daredi	[3]
2014	Surender Reddy	Race Gurram	[4][5]
2015	S. S. Rajamouli	Baahubali: The Beginning	[6][7]
2016	Vamsi Paidipally	Oopiri	[1][8]
2017	S. S. Rajamouli	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	[9][3]
2018	Sukumar	Rangasthalam	[10][11]
2019	Vamshi Paidipally	Maharshi	[12]
2020	Trivikram Srinivas	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	[13]
2021	Sukumar	Pushpa: The Rise	[14]
2022	S. S. Rajamouli	RRR	[15]
2023	Srikanth Odela	Dasara	[16]

Nominations

• 2011: Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu
  • V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath
  • K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect
  • Sukumar – 100% Love
  • Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam
• 2012: Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh
  • S. S. Rajamouli – Eega
  • Vikram Kumar – Ishq
  • Trivikram Srinivas – Julai
  • Puri Jagannadh – Businessman
• 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Attarintiki Daredi
  • Koratala Siva – Mirchi
  • Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
  • Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
  • V. V. Vinayak – Naayak
• 2014: Surender Reddy – Race Gurram
  • Srivass – Loukyam
  • Boyapati Srinu – Legend
  • Vikram Kumar – Manam
  • Srikanth Addala – Mukunda
• 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning
  • Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi
  • Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu
  • Krish – Kanche
  • Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
• 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
  • Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu
  • Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage
  • Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho
  • Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
• 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
  • Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni
  • Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy
  • Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi
  • Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
• 2018: Sukumar – Rangasthalam
  • Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam
  • Nag Ashwin – Mahanati
  • Parasuram – Geetha Govindam
  • Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
• 2019: Vamshi Paidipally – Maharshi
  • B. V. Nandini Reddy – Oh! Baby
  • Puri Jagannadh – iSmart Shankar
  • Anil Ravipudi – F2: Fun and Frustration
  • Gowtam Tinnanuri – Jersey
  • Shiva Nirvana – Majili
• 2020: Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
  • Anil Ravipudi – Sarileru Neekevvaru
  • Venky Kudumula – Bheeshma
  • Venkatesh Maha – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya
  • Mohana Krishna Indraganti – V
• 2021: Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise
  • Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda
  • Gopichand Malineni – Krack
  • K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu
  • Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
  • Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy
• 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
  • Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2
  • Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam
  • Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major
  • Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
• 2023: Srikanth Odela – Dasara
  • Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari
  • Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya
  • Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy
  • Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha
  • Sai Rajesh – Baby

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu
• Cinema of India
• Telugu cinema