Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil
Annual film award in India
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The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil 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][2]
Awarded forBest Director in Tamil films
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardP. Madhavan for Gnana Oli (1972)
| Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil | |
|---|---|
The 2024 recipients: PS Vinothraj and Rajkumar Periasamy | |
| Awarded for | Best Director in Tamil films |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First award | P. Madhavan for Gnana Oli (1972) |
| Currently held by | PS Vinothraj for Kottukkaali and Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran (2024) |
| Website | http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/  |
Superlatives
| Superlative | Director | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most wins | 7 | |
| Most nominations | 18 | |
| Most nominations without a win | Vikraman | 7 |
| Most consecutive nominations | K. Balachander | 6 |
| Bharathiraja | ||
| Most consecutive wins | K. Balachander | 2 |
| S. P. Muthuraman | ||
| Mani Ratnam | ||
| S. Shankar | ||
| Cheran | ||
| Oldest winner | K. Balachander | 63 |
| Oldest nominee | Balu Mahendra | 74 |
- K. Balachander has won the award a record seven times and won twice in a row on two separate occasions (1974–1975 and 1980–1981). Mani Ratnam has received the award 6 times, which is the second most wins. Cheran has received the award 4 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. The only other female director to have been nominated is Suhasini for Indira.
- S. Shankar remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films consecutively, Gentleman (1993) and Kaadhalan (1994).
- S. Shankar, Cheran, Ameer Sultan, Bala, and Sasikumar are the four directors who have received the award for their debut film.
- K. Balachander has the most nominations with 18, followed by Mani Ratnam with 15.
Multiple nominations
- 18 nominations: K. Balachander
- 15 nominations: Mani Ratnam
- 13 nominations: Bharathiraja
- 9 nominations: S. Shankar
- 7 nominations: S. P. Muthuraman, Balu Mahendra, Vikraman
- 6 nominations: K. S. Ravikumar, A. R. Murugadoss
- 5 nominations: Vetrimaaran, Gautham Menon, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, K. Bhagyaraj, Cheran, Bala
- 4 nominations: Selvaraghavan
- 3 nominations: Fazil, Mohan Raja, Vasanthabalan, P. Vasu, Mahendran, Pa. Ranjith, Mari Selvaraj
- 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, Madonne Ashwin
Multiple wins
- 7 wins: K. Balachander
- 6 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[63]
- 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 – Kaadhalan
- 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[64]
- 2002 – Mani Ratnam – Kannathil Muthamittal
- 2003 – Bala – Pithamagan
- 2004 – Cheran – Autograph
- 2005 – S. Shankar – Anniyan
- 2006 – Vasanthabalan – Veyyil
- 2007 – Ameer Sultan – Paruthiveeran[65]
- 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