Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Director

The Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Director is chosen by the viewers of Zee Marathi as part of its annual award ceremony for Marathi films, to recognise a director who has delivered an outstanding performance.^{[citation needed]}

Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Performance by Director
Country	India
Presented by	Zee Marathi
First award	Bipin Nadkarni, Aevdhe Se Aabhaal (2008)
Currently held by	Adinath Kothare Paani (2025)

Awards

The winners are listed below:^[1]

Year	Director(s)	Film
2008 [2]	Bipin Nadkarni	Aevdhe Se Aabhaal
2009	Rajiv Patil	Jogwa
2010	Ravi Jadhav	Natarang
2011	Anant Mahadevan	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
2012	Sujay Dahake	Shala
2013 [3]	Ravi Jadhav	Balak-Palak
2014	Abhijeet Panse	Rege
2015 [4]	Paresh Mokashi	Elizabeth Ekadashi
2016	Mahesh Manjrekar	Natsamrat
2017 [5]	Nagraj Manjule	Sairat
2018	Nachiket Samant	Gachchi
2019 [6]	Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti	Naal
2020 [7]	Nitin Supekar	Aatpadi Nights
2021	Not Awarded due to COVID-19
2022	Nagraj Manjule	Sairat
2023[8]	Nipun Dharmadhikari	Me Vasantrao
	Shantanu Rode	Goshta Eka Paithanichi
	Nikhil Mahajan	Godavari
	Ajit Wadikar	Y
	Pratap Phad	Ananya
	Riteish Deshmukh	Ved
2024	Makarand Mane	Baaplyok
	Aditya Sarpotdar	Unaad
	Paresh Mokashi	Vaalvi
	Ashish Bende	Aatmapamphlet
2025[9]	Adinath Kothare	Paani
	Navjyot Bandiwadekar	Gharat Ganpati
	Suhas Desale	Amaltash
	Ram Khatmode	Navardev Bsc. Agri
	Varun Narvekar	1234