SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu
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SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Vibri Media Group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with five nominations whereas, S. S. Rajamouli and Sukumar are the most awarded with three wins each.
Awarded forBest Direction Achievement in Telugu cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byVibri Media Group
First award21 June 2012 (for films released in 2011)
| SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Sukumar | |
| Awarded for | Best Direction Achievement in Telugu cinema |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Vibri Media Group |
| First award | 21 June 2012 (for films released in 2011) |
| Most recent winner | Sukumar, Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) |
| Most wins | S. S. Rajamouli and Sukumar (3) |
| Most nominations | Trivikram Srinivas (3) |
Superlatives
| Categories | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Most wins | S. S. Rajamouli | 3 |
| Sukumar | ||
| Most nominations | Trivikram Srinivas | 5 |
| Most nominations without a win | Koratala Siva | 3 |
Winners
| Year | Director | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Srinu Vaitla | Dookudu | [1] |
| 2012 | Harish Shankar | Gabbar Singh | [2] |
| 2013 | Trivikram Srinivas | Attarintiki Daredi | [3] |
| 2014 | Surender Reddy | Race Gurram | [4][5] |
| 2015 | S. S. Rajamouli | Baahubali: The Beginning | [6][7] |
| 2016 | Vamsi Paidipally | Oopiri | [1][8] |
| 2017 | S. S. Rajamouli | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | [9][3] |
| 2018 | Sukumar | Rangasthalam | [10][11] |
| 2019 | Vamshi Paidipally | Maharshi | [12] |
| 2020 | Trivikram Srinivas | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | [13] |
| 2021 | Sukumar | Pushpa: The Rise | [14] |
| 2022 | S. S. Rajamouli | RRR | [15] |
| 2023 | Srikanth Odela | Dasara | [16] |
| 2024 | Sukumar | Pushpa 2: The Rule | [17] |
Nominations
- 2011: Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu
- 2012: Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh
- 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Attarintiki Daredi
- Koratala Siva – Mirchi
- Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
- Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
- V. V. Vinayak – Naayak
- 2014: Surender Reddy – Race Gurram
- Srivass – Loukyam
- Boyapati Srinu – Legend
- Vikram Kumar – Manam
- Srikanth Addala – Mukunda
- 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning
- 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri
- 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
- 2018: Sukumar – Rangasthalam
- 2019: Vamshi Paidipally – Maharshi
- 2020: Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
- 2021: Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise
- Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda
- Gopichand Malineni – Krack
- K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu
- Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy
- Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy
- 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
- Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2
- Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam
- Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major
- Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
- 2023: Srikanth Odela – Dasara
- Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari
- Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya
- Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy
- Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha
- Sai Rajesh – Baby
- 2024: Sukumar – Pushpa 2: The Rule