The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year.
The 2025 recipient: Kiran Rao for Laapataa Ladies
The first and most (7 times) winner: Bimal Roy
V. Shantaram won for Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1956)
Mehboob Khan won for Mother India (1957)
Rajkumar Santoshi
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Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who works in Hindi cinema. A recipient of several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he ma
Filmfare Award for Best Director
…Khan for Main Hoon Na in 2005 and for Om Shanti Om in 2008, Gauri Shinde for English Vinglish in 2013 and Seema Pahwa for Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi in 2022. Rajkumar Santoshi remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films – for Ghayal in 1991 and for Damini in 1994. Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer…
Santoshi in 2015