Filmfare Award For Best Director – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films.
The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.
| Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Sukumar | |
| Awarded for | Best Director in Telugu films |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | K. V. Reddy, Sri Krishna Satya (1972) |
| Currently held by | Sukumar, Pushpa: The Rise (2020–2021) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Director – Telugu | |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | K. Viswanath | 8 wins |
| Most nominations | S. S. Rajamouli | 9 nominations |
- K. Viswanath has the record of winning most awards eight and winning the award twice in a row, on three separate occasions (1974–1975, 1982-1983 and 1986–1987). Both K. Raghavendra Rao and S. S. Rajamouli have received the award for four times which is the second most.
- Nandini Reddy and Sripriya were the only two female directors to have been nominated for their films Ala Modalaindi (2011) and Drushyam (2014) respectively.
- Krish remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films, Gamyam and Vedam.
- Sukumar and Krish are the two directors who have received the award for their first film.
Winners
Nominations
Before 2000 year there have been no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films, The panel of judges jury members are selected for winners in different Categories.
2000s
- 2001: Teja – Nuvvu Nenu
- 2002: Krishna Vamsi – Khadgam
- 2003: Gunasekhar – Okkadu
- 2004: Sukumar – Arya
- 2005: Trivikram Srinivas – Athadu
- 2006: Puri Jagannadh – Pokiri
- 2007: Sekhar Kammula – Happy Days
- Puri Jagannadh – Desamuduru
- S. S. Rajamouli – Yamadonga
- Sreenu Vaitla – Dhee
- Tulasiram – Mantra
- 2008: Krish – Gamyam
- Bhaskar – Parugu
- Ravi Babu – Nachavule
- Sreenu Vaitla – Ready
- Trivikram Srinivas – Jalsa
- 2009: S. S. Rajamouli – Magadheera
- Chaitanya Dantaluri – Banam
- Kodi Ramakrishna – Arundhati
- Sukumar – Arya 2
- Surendra Reddy – Kick
2010s
- 2010: Krish – Vedam
- 2011: Sreenu Vaitla – Dookudu
- 2012: S. S. Rajamouli – Eega
- 2013: Trivikram Srinivas- Atharintiki Daaredi
- Koratala Siva – Mirchi
- Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
- Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
- Virinchi Varma – Uyyala Jampala
- 2014: Vikram Kumar – Manam
- Chandu Mondeti – Karthikeya
- Sripriya – Drushyam
- Sujeeth – Run Raja Run
- Surendra Reddy – Race Gurram
- 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning
- Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu
- Kranthi Madhav – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju
- Krish – Kanche
- Trivikram Srinivas – S/O Satyamurthy
- 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
- Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage
- Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam
- Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho
- Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu
- Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
- 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
- 2018: Nag Ashwin – Mahanati
2020s
- 2020–2021: Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise
- Buchi Babu Sana – Uppena
- Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978
- Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
- Sekhar Kammula – Love Story
- Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
- Uday Gurrala – Mail
Notes
References
- Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
- Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
- The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.
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