Filmfare Award for Best Director

Filmfare Award for Best Director
The 2025 recipient: Kiran Rao for Laapataa Ladies
Awarded forBest Director
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardBimal Roy,
Do Bigha Zamin (1954)
Currently held byKiran Rao,
Laapataa Ladies (2025)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

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.