Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil | |
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Awarded for | Best Director in Tamil films |
Country | India |
Presented by | Filmfare |
First awarded | P. Madhavan, Gnana Oli (1972) |
Currently held by | Sudha Kongara, Soorarai Pottru (2020-2021) |
Website | Filmfare Awards |
The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.[1]
Superlatives
Superlative | Best Director – Tamil | |
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Most awards | 7 wins | |
Most Nominations | 18 nominations | |
Most Nominations without a win | Vikraman | 7 nominations |
Most consecutive nominations | K. Balachander & Bharathiraja | 6 nominations |
Most consecutive wins | K. Balachander, S. P. Muthuraman, Mani Ratnam, S. Shankar, Cheran | 2 wins |
Oldest winner | K. Balachander | 63 |
Oldest nominee | Balu Mahendra | 74 |
- K. Balachander has the record of winning most awards with 7 and winning the Award twice in a row, on two separate occasions (1974–1975 and 1980–1981). Mani Ratnam have received the award for five times which is the second most wins. Cheran have received the award four times.
- Sudha Kongara was the first of two women to have won this award for Irudhi Suttru in 2016, the second being Gayathri of Pushkar–Gayathri duo for Vikram Vedha in 2017. Other woman Director to have been nominated is Suhasini Maniratnam for Indira .
- S. Shankar remains the only Director to have won the Award for his first two films, Gentleman and Kadhalan .
- S. Shankar, Cheran , Bala , and Sasikumar are the four directors who have received the award for their first film.
- K. Balachander has most nominations with 18, followed by Bharathiraja and Mani Ratnam with 13.
Multiple nominations
- 18 nominations :K. Balachander
- 13 nominations :Bharathiraja, Mani Ratnam
- 9 nominations :S. Shankar
- 7 nominations :S. P. Muthuraman, Balu Mahendra, Vikraman
- 6 nominations :K. S. Ravikumar, A. R. Murugadoss
- 5 nominations :Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, K. Bhagyaraj, Cheran, Bala
- 4 nominations :Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vetrimaaran
- 3 nominations :Fazil, Mohan Raja, Vasanthabalan, P. Vasu, Selvaraghavan, Mahendran, Pa. Ranjith
- 2 nominations :P. Madhavan, C. V. Sridhar, A. C. Tirulokchandar, R. Sundarrajan, K. V. Anand, Manivannan, Atlee, Ram Kumar, Ameer Sultan, Prabhu Solomon, Hari, A. L. Vijay, Kamal Haasan, Balaji Sakthivel, Mysskin, Priyadarshan, Rajiv Menon, R. Parthiban, Sundar. C, A. Jagannathan, Sudha Kongara, Mari Selvaraj
Multiple wins
- 7 wins: K. Balachander
- 5 wins: Mani Ratnam
- 4 wins: Cheran
- 3 wins: S. Shankar, Bala
- 2 wins: Bharathiraja, S. P. Muthuraman, Vasanthabalan, Balu Mahendra, Sudha Kongara
Winners
Nominations
1970s
- 1972 – P. Madhavan – Pattikada Pattanama
- 1973 – A. C. Tirulokchandar – Bharatha Vilas
- 1974 – K. Balachander – Aval Oru Thodar Kathai
- 1975 – K. Balachander – Apoorva Raagangal
- A. C. Tirulokchandar – Anbe Aaruyire
- A. Jagannathan – Idhayakkani
- 1976 – S. P. Muthuraman – Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu
- 1977 – S. P. Muthuraman – Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri
- 1978 – Bharathiraja – Sigappu Rojakkal
- 1979 – Mahendran – Uthiri Pookkal
1980s
- 1980 – K. Balachander – Varumayin Niram Sigappu
- K. Vijayan – Vandichakkaram
- Mahendran – Nenjathai Killathe
- R. Krishnamurthy – Billa
- S. P. Muthuraman – Murattu Kaalai
- 1981 – K. Balachander – Thaneer Thaneer
- Bharathi-Vasu – Panneer Pushpangal
- Bharathiraja – Alaigal Oivathillai
- G. N. Rangarajan – Meendum Kokila
- K. Bhagyaraj – Andha 7 Naatkal
- 1982 – Balu Mahendra – Moondram Pirai
- 1983 – A. Jagannathan – Vellai Roja
- 1984 – K. Balachander – Achamillai Achamillai
- 1985 – Fazil – Poove Poochudava
- K. Balachander – Sindhu Bhairavi
- K. Bhagyaraj – Chinna Veedu
- Bharathiraja – Muthal Mariyathai
- Bharathiraja – Oru Kaidhiyin Diary
- 1986 – Mani Ratnam – Mouna Ragam
- 1987 – Bharathiraja – Vedham Pudhithu
- 1988 – Balu Mahendra – Veedu
- 1989 – K. Balachander – Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal
1990s
- 1990 – Mani Ratnam – Anjali
- 1991 – Mani Ratnam – Thalapathi
- 1992 – K. Balachander – Vaaname Ellai
- 1993 – S. Shankar – Gentleman
- 1994 – S. Shankar – Kadhalan
- 1995 – Mani Ratnam – Bombay
- 1996 – Agathiyan – Kadhal Kottai
- 1997 – Cheran – Bharathi Kannamma
- 1998 – Cheran – Desiya Geetham
- 1999 – Bala – Sethu
2000s
- 2000 – Rajeev Menon – Kandukondain Kandukondain
- 2001 – Cheran – Pandavar Bhoomi[54]
- 2002 – Mani Ratnam – Kannathil Muthamittal
- 2003 – Bala – Pithamagan
- 2004 – Cheran – Autograph
- 2005 – S. Shankar – Anniyan
- 2006 – Vasanthabalan – Veyyil
- 2007 – Ameer Sultan – Paruthiveeran[55]
- 2008 – Sasikumar – Subramaniyapuram
- 2009 – Priyadarshan – Kanchivaram
2010s
- 2010 – Vasanthabalan – Angaadi Theru
- 2011 – Vetrimaaran – Aadukalam
- 2012 – Balaji Sakthivel – Vazhakku Enn 18/9
- 2013 – Bala for Paradesi
- 2014 – A. R. Murugadoss – Kaththi
- Pa. Ranjith – Madras
- Ram Kumar – Mundasupatti
- Vasanthabalan – Kaaviya Thalaivan
- Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari
- 2015 – Mohan Raja for Thani Oruvan
- 2016 – Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru
- 2017 – Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
- Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi
- Atlee – Mersal
- Dhanush – Power Paandi
- Gopi Nainar – Aramm
- H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru
- 2018 – Ram Kumar – Ratsasan
- A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar
- C. Premkumar – 96
- Mani Ratnam – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
- Mari Selvaraj – Pariyerum Perumal
- Vetrimaran – Vada Chennai
- 2020-2021 – Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Potru
- Desingh Periyasamy – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal
- Madonne Ashwin – Mandela
- Mari Selvaraj – Karnan
- P. Virumandi – Ka Pae Ranasingam
- Pa. Ranjith – Sarpatta Parambarai
- T. J. Gnanavel – Jai Bhim
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