Screen Award for Best Director

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Screen Award for Best Director
The 2020 Recipient: Zoya Akhtar
Awarded for	"Excellence in cinematic direction achievement"
Country	India
Presented by	Screen India
First awarded	Sooraj R. Barjatya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1995)
Currently held by	Zoya Akhtar, Gully Boy (2020)

The Screen Award for Best Director is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian "Bollywood" film industry and the winners are announced in January. Frequent winners include Sanjay Leela Bhansali (3), Rakesh Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker (2)

Multiple wins


Wins	Recipient
3	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2	Rakesh Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker

Year	Director	Film
1995	Sooraj R. Barjatya	Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
1996	Aditya Chopra	Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
1997	Dharmesh Darshan	Raja Hindustani
1998	J. P. Dutta	Border
1999	Karan Johar	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2000	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2001	Rakesh Roshan	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
2002	Ashutosh Gowariker	Lagaan
2003	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Devdas
2004	Rakesh Roshan	Koi... Mil Gaya
2005	Kunal Kohli	Hum Tum
2006	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Black
2007	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rang De Basanti
2008	Aamir Khan and Shimit Amin	Taare Zameen Par and Chak De India
2009	Ashutosh Gowariker and Neeraj Pandey	Jodhaa Akbar and A Wednesday
2010	Rajkumar Hirani	3 Idiots
2011	Vikramaditya Motwane	Udaan
2012	Milan Luthria	The Dirty Picture
2013	Anurag Basu	Barfi!
2014	Shoojit Sircar	Madras Cafe
2015	Vikas Bahl	Queen
2016	Tinu Suresh Desai	Rustom (film)
2016	Kabir Khan	Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2017	Ram Madhvani	Neerja
2018	Nitesh Tiwari	Dangal
2019	Sriram Raghavan	Andhadhun
2020	Zoya Akhtar	Gully Boy

Sharma, Sarika (14 January 2015). "Highlights: 21st Life OK Screen Awards: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra win Best Actor, 'Queen' Best Film". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
"Winners of 22nd Annual Star Screen Awards 2015". Bollywood Hungama. 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

v t e Screen Awards
Jury awards:	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Comedian Best Villain Best Male Debut Best Female Debut Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Male Playback Best Female Playback
Technical awards:	Best Editing Best Story Best Screenplay Best Dialogue Best Background Music Best Special Effects
Special awards:	Lifetime Achievement Jodi No. 1 Child Artist Special Jury Award Best Actor – Critics Best Actress – Critics Best Actor – Popular Choice Best Actress – Popular Choice
Award ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (22nd 23rd) 2017 2018 2019

v t e Screen Award for Best Director
Sooraj Barjatya (1995) Aditya Chopra (1996) Dharmesh Darshan (1997) J. P. Dutta (1998) Karan Johar (1999) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2000) Rakesh Roshan (2001) Ashutosh Gowariker (2002) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2003) Rakesh Roshan (2004) Kunal Kohli (2005) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2006) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2007) Aamir Khan & Shimit Amin (2008) Ashutosh Gowariker & Neeraj Pandey (2009) Rajkumar Hirani (2010) Vikramaditya Motwane (2011) Milan Luthria (2012) Anurag Basu (2013) Shoojit Sircar (2014) Vikas Bahl (2015) Kabir Khan (2016) Ram Madhvani (2017) Nitesh Tiwari (2018) Sriram Raghavan (2019) Zoya Akhtar (2020)