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Annual film award in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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][2]
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 | Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) |
Website | Filmfare Awards |
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 |
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