Bharathiraja

Indian filmmaker and actor (born 1941)

Bharathiraja

Born|

Chinnasaamy Periyamayathevar

(1941-07-17) 17 July 1941 (age 82)[1]

Allinagaram, Theni, Madurai District, Madras Presidency, British India.Now Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Occupation(s)| Film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
Years active| 1977–present
Spouse|

Chandraleela

(m. 1974)​

Children| Manoj Bharathiraja (b.1976)
Janani (b.1979)
Relatives| Manoj Kumar (brother-in-law)
Jayaraj Periyamayathevar (brother)
Awards| Padma Shri (2004)

Bharathiraja (/bɑːrʌðɪrɑːdʒɑː/ born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with 16 Vayathinile, he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of rural life in his films. As of 2017, he has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Nandi Award. He has also directed films in Telugu and Hindi. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri award, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2004 for his contribution to the film industry. In 2005, he was conferred with the Doctor of Letters (honorary degree) from Sathyabama University.[2]

## Film career[edit]

Bharathiraja started his film career as an assistant to Kannada filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal.[citation needed] Later, he assisted P. Pullaiah, M. Krishnan Nair,[3] Avinasi Mani and A. Jagannathan. His first film 16 Vayathinile, for which he wrote the script, broke the then existing convention to create a new genre of village cinema. The film is now regarded as a milestone in the history of Tamil Cinema. About the film, Bharathiraja said: "This movie was meant to be a black & white art film produced with the help of National Film Development Corporation", but turned out to be a commercially successful colour film and a starting point for several important careers.[4] His next film Kizhake Pogum Rail produced similar results and eventually brought in criticisms that Bharathiraja was capable of catering only to village audiences. This led him to make Sigappu Rojakkal, about a psychopathic woman-hater that was totally westernized in terms of both conception and production.[5]

Bharathiraja confirmed his versatility and refusal to be tied down to one particular genre with an experimental film Nizhalgal (1980), and the action thriller Tik Tik Tik (1981). But undoubtedly, rural themes proved to be his strong suit as his biggest hits in the 1980s: Alaigal Oivathillai (1981), Mann Vasanai (1983) and Muthal Mariyathai (1985) were strong love stories in a village backdrop. Muthal Mariyathai starred Sivaji Ganesan in the lead, playing a middle-aged village head. Radha is a poor young woman who moves into his village for a living. The love that bonds these two humans separated not just by age but also by caste and class, is told by Bharathiraja with poetic touches.[citation needed]

Vedham Pudhithu dealt with the caste issue in a stronger manner.[6] The film's narrative was seamless and starred Sathyaraj as Balu Thevar. It contains some of Bharathiraja's trademark touches as well as several ground-breaking scenes. Vedham Pudhithu made a revolutionary thoughts about caste discriminations in Brahmin and other upper castes in Tamil Nadu. Bharathiraja has successfully managed to modernise his film-making techniques for the 1990s. The commercial success of Kizhakku Cheemaiyile and the awards that Karuththamma garnered stand as testimony to his ability to thrill the younger generation as well. Bharathiraja was on the same stage in 1996 to receive another National Award for Anthimanthaarai.

In late 1996, Bharathiraja was signed on to direct two films, with the Sarathkumar-starrer Vaakkapatta Bhoomi announced in October. The following month, he began work on a film titled Siragugal Murivadhillai, starring Napolean, Heera Rajagopal and Prakash Raj. Both films were later shelved.[7] He planned to revive Vaakkapatta Bhoomi with Cheran during late 2004, but the collaboration did not materialise.[8]

His 2001 film Kadal Pookal won him that year's National Film Award for Best Screenplay. The well-known Tamil film director Bhagyaraj was one of his assistant directors. In 2008, Bharathiraja made his television debut with series Thekkathi Ponnu which aired on Kalaignar TV.[9] He went on to direct two other series Appanum Aathaalum and Muthal Mariyathai for the same channel.[10]

During early 2016, Bharathiraja was embroiled in a legal tussle with director Bala on making a film titled Kutra Parambarai, though neither filmmaker eventually made their respective films.[11][12] He later moved on to plan a film starring director Vasanth's son, Ritwik Varun, and Vikram's nephew, but the film was dropped after two schedules.[13] In 2018, Bharathirajaa was working on a film titled November 8, Iravu 8 Mani starring Vidharth, which narrates events following the decision to demonetise certain banknotes in India.[14][15]

## Style, critique and public perception[edit]

When the old era was dominated by films shot inside studios, Bharathiraja directed village themed films that inspired Tamil cinema to capture live locations. Array of village films in Tamil cinema started after his trendsetting film 16 Vayathinile.[16][17] He changed the attire of male lead role as simple and without much cosmetics and female leads in his films as dusky looking which were before dominated by fair skinned ladies.[18] He started the style of directors speaking to the audience with his famous dialogue "En Iniya Thamizh Makkale (My sweet Tamil people)".[19][20] Bharathiraja is revered as one of the best directors of Indian cinema. His ideas were original and his subjects were complex ideas expressed in a manner every common man could understand.[21]

He is also known for introducing a number of new faces to the film industry.[18][22] He has introduced many actors as new faces notable among them are Karthik, Radha, Revathi, Radhika, and Vijayashanti.[23][24][25][26] Apart from lead actors, he has introduced a bunch of supporting actors. Notable among them include Janagaraj, Vadivukkarasi, Chandrasekhar, Pandiyan, and Napoleon.[27][28][29] As an experimental initiative he used to give new actors a small role in his films later they becoming popular among people and turning to busy actors. Many present day directors who were unknown to people turned into actors after playing a debut petty role in his films: K. Bhagyaraj, Manivannan, Manobala, Thiagarajan, and Ponvannan are among them.[30][31] He was also instrumental in portraying Sathyaraj for the first time in lead role.

Bharathiraja inspired many young film makers and runs a school called Bharathi Raja International Institute of Cinema (BRIIC) on film making.[32][33]

Bharathiraja directed socially themed films with special emphasis on women and their complicated interpersonal relationships. He addressed other social evils like caste discrimination in his films.[23][17]

## Personal life[edit]

Bharathiraja was born as Chinnasamy to parents Periyamayathevar and Karuthammal. He married ChandraLeela in 1974 and has two children Manoj Bharathiraja (born 1976) and Janani (born 1979).

Manoj is an actor who was introduced in Tajmahal and he married actress Nandana.[34][35] Janani is married to Malaysian Rajkumar Thambiraja.[34] Bharathiraja's brother-in-law Manoj Kumar has directed films such as Mannukkul Vairam, Vandicholai Chinraasu, Vaanavil and Guru Paarvai.[36] His brother Jayaraj made his acting debut with Kaththukkutti.[37] His relative Stalin is a television actor who acted in serials such as Saravanan Meenatchi and 7C.[citation needed]

## Awards[edit]

### Civilian honours[edit]

* 2004 – Padmashri from the Government of India[38]

### National Film Awards[edit]

* 1982 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for Seethakoka Chiluka (Director)
* 1986 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for Mudhal Mariyathai (Producer & Director)
* 1988 – National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues Vedham Pudhithu (Director)
* 1995 – National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare for Karuththamma (Director)
* 1996 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for Anthimanthaarai (Director)
* 2001 – National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Kadal Pookkal (Director & Writer)

### Filmfare Awards South[edit]

* 1978 – Best Tamil Director for Sigappu Rojakkal
* 1987 - Best Tamil Film for Vedham Pudhithu[39][40]
* 1987 - Best Tamil Director for Vedham Pudhithu[39][40]
* 1994 - Best Tamil Film for Karuthamma

### Tamil Nadu State Film Awards[edit]

* 1977 – Best Director Award for 16 Vayathinile
* 1979 - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film \- Second Prize - Puthiya Vaarpugal
* 1981 – Best Director Award for Alaigal Oivathillai
* 1994 - Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light for Karuththamma
* 2001 - Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award\- Arignar Anna Award in 2001
* 2003 – Best Film in First place Eera Nilam

### Nandi Awards[edit]

* 1981 – Nandi Award for Best Director for Seethakoka Chiluka[41]

### Vijay Awards[edit]

* 2012 – Contribution to Tamil Cinema
* 2013 – Best Supporting Actor for Pandiya Naadu

### Other awards[edit]

* 1980 – South Indian Film Technicians : Best Technician Award for Kallukkul Eeram
* 2005 – Honorary doctorate (D.Litt) from Sathyabama University[2]
* 2015 – SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award

## Legal issues[edit]

* He attended the Heroes Day Conference at Jaffna and appreciated its bravery and valour.[42]
* He organised a protest by Nadigar Sangam against the Indian state of Karnataka for not releasing Cauvery water at Neyveli. During an interview to Sun TV channel, film co-stars such as Sarath Kumar and wife Radhika who attended the conference accused him of using that opportunity to eulogise current Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha and launching attacks on actor Rajinikanth's home state's ethnicity.[43][44]

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

Year  | Title  | Language  | Credited as  | Role  | Notes

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Director  | Writer  | Actor
1977 | 16 Vayathinile | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Padaharella Vayasu
Remade in Hindi as Solva Sawan
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1978 | Kizhake Pogum Rail | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Toorpu Velle Railu
Sigappu Rojakkal | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  | Remade in Hindi as Red Rose
Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director
1979 | Solva Sawan | Hindi | Y | Y |  |  |
Puthiya Vaarpugal | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Kotha Jeevithalu
Niram Maaratha Pookkal | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Voice for Vijayan
1980 | Kallukkul Eeram | Tamil |  | Y | Y | As Director Bharathiraja | Acting & Lead role debut
Kotha Jeevithalu | Telugu | Y | Y |  |  |
Red Rose | Hindi | Y | Y |  |  |
Nizhalgal | Tamil | Y |  | Y |  |
1981 | Alaigal Oivathillai | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Seethakoka Chiluka
Remade in Hindi as Lovers
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
Tik Tik Tik | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  | Remade in Hindi as Karishma
Seethakoka Chiluka | Telugu | Y |  |  |  | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
1982 | Kaadhal Oviyam | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
Valibamey Vaa Vaa | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
1983 | Man Vasanai | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Mangammagari Manavadu
Lovers | Hindi | Y |  |  |  |
1984 | Dhavani Kanavugal | Tamil |  |  | Y | Guest appearance |
Pudhumai Penn | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
1985 | Oru Kaidhiyin Diary | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Hindi as Aakhree Raasta
Yuvadharam Pilicindi | Telugu | Y |  |  |  |
Mudhal Mariyathai | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
1986 | Saveray Wali Gaadi | Hindi | Y |  |  |  |
Kadalora Kavithaigal | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |

25th Film

1987 | Vedham Pudhithu | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
Aradhana | Telugu | Y |  |  |  |
1988 | Jamadagni | Telugu | Y |  |  |  | Dubbed in Tamil as Naarkaali Kanavugal
Kodi Parakuthu | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Dubbed for Manivannan
1990 | En Uyir Thozhan | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  |
1991 | Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
Idhayam | Tamil |  |  | Y | Guest appearance |
Thanthu Vitten Ennai | Tamil |  |  | Y | Guest appearance |
1992 | Nadodi Thendral | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
1993 | Captain Magal | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
Kizhakku Cheemayile | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | Remade in Telugu as Palnati Pourusham
1994 | Karuthamma | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
1995 | Pasum Ponn | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
1996 | Tamizh Selvan | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
Anthimanthaarai | Tamil | Y |  |  |  | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
1999 | Taj Mahal | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
2001 | Kadal Pookkal | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  | National Film Award for Best Screenplay
2002 | Kadhal Virus | Tamil |  |  | Y | Guest appearance |
2003 | Eera Nilam | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
2004 | Kangalal Kaidhu Sei | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
Aayutha Ezhuthu | Tamil |  |  | Y | Selvanayagam |
2008 | Bommalattam | Tamil | Y |  |  |  |
2010 | Rettaisuzhi | Tamil |  |  | Y | Singaravelan |
2013 | Annakodi | Tamil | Y | Y |  |  |
Pandianadu | Tamil |  |  | Y | Kalyanasundaram | Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014 | Ninaithathu Yaaro | Tamil |  |  | Y | Guest appearance |
2016 | Final Cut of Director | Hindi | Y | Y |  |  | Partially reshot in Tamil as Bommalattam (2008)
2017 | Kurangu Bommai | Tamil |  |  | Y | Sundaram |
Padaiveeran | Tamil |  |  | Y | Krishnan |
2018 | Seethakaathi | Tamil |  |  | Y | Himself (Special appearance) |
2019 | Kennedy Club | Tamil |  |  | Y | Savarimuthu |
Namma Veetu Pillai | Tamil |  |  | Y | Arunmozhivarman |
2020 | Meendum Oru Mariyathai | Tamil | Y | Y | Y | Om |
2021 | Eeswaran | Tamil |  |  | Y | Periyasamy |
Rocky | Tamil |  |  | Y | Manimaran |
2022 | Kuttram Kuttrame | Tamil |  |  | Y | DSP Muthukaruppan |
Thiruchitrambalam | Tamil |  |  | Y | Thiruchitrambalam Sr. |
2023 | Vaathi | Tamil / Telugu |  |  | Y | Villager |
Thiruvin Kural | Tamil |  |  | Y | Marimuthu |
Karumegangal Kalaigindrana | Tamil |  |  | Y | Ramanathan |
Margazhi Thingal | Tamil |  |  | Y |  |

### Television[edit]

List of TV Serials directed by Bharathiraja and aired on Kalaignar TV.[45]

* Thekkathi Ponnu
* Appanum Aathalum
* Muthal Mariyathai[46]
* Modern Love Chennai \- Web series Episode 5: Paravai Kootil Vaazhum Maangal[47]

### Dubbing artist[edit]

* Vijayan (Niram Maaratha Pookkal, Mann Vasanai)
* Thiagarajan (Alaigal Oivathillai)
* Nizhalgal Ravi (Mann Vasanai, Vedham Pudhithu)
* Manivannan (Kodi Parakuthu)
* Thennavan (En Uyir Thozhan)

### Singer[edit]

* "Kaadu Pottakaadu" (Karuthamma)

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Films directed by Bharathiraja

Tamil films|

* 16 Vayathinile (1977)
* Kizhakke Pogum Rail (1978)
* Sigappu Rojakkal (1978)
* Puthiya Vaarpugal (1979)
* Niram Maratha Pookal (1979)
* Nizhalgal (1980)
* Alaigal Oivathillai (1981)
* Tik Tik Tik (1981)
* Kadhal Oviyam (1982)
* Valibamey Vaa Vaa (1982)
* Mann Vasanai (1983)
* Pudhumai Penn (1984)
* Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985)
* Muthal Mariyathai (1985)
* Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986)
* Vedham Pudhithu (1987)
* Kodi Parakkuthu (1988)
* En Uyir Thozhan (1990)
* Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu (1991)
* Nadodi Thendral (1992)
* Captain Magal (1992)
* Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993)
* Karuthamma (1994)
* Pasumpon (1994)
* Anthimanthaarai (1995)
* Tamizh Selvan (1996)
* Taj Mahal (1999)
* Kadal Pookkal (2001)
* Eera Nilam (2003)
* Kangalal Kaidhu Sei (2004)
* Annakodi (2013)
* Meendum Oru Mariyathai (2020)

Hindi films|

* Solva Sawan (1979)
* Red Rose (1980)
* Lovers (1983)
* Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986)
* Final Cut of Director (2016)

Telugu films|

* Kotha Jeevithalu (1981)
* Seethakoka Chilaka (1981)
* Yuvataram Pilicindi (1985)
* Jamadagni (1987)
* Aradhana (1987)

* v
* t
* e

Recipients of Padma Shri in Art

1950s|

* Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
* Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
* Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
* Debaki Bose (1958)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
* Nargis (1958)
* Satyajit Ray (1958)
* Devika Rani (1958)

1960s|

* K. K. Hebbar (1961)
* Bismillah Khan (1961)
* Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961)
* Ashok Kumar (1962)
* Mehboob Khan (1963)
* Melville de Mellow (1963)
* Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964)
* Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964)
* P. C. Sorcar (1964)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965)
* V. Nagayya (1965)
* Ravishankar Raval (1965)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1966)
* M. F. Husain (1966)
* Sumitra Charat Ram (1966)
* P. Bhanumathi (1966)
* Daji Bhatawadekar (1967)
* Vasant Desai (1967)
* Siddheshwari Devi (1967)
* Mohammed Rafi (1967)
* Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967)
* Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967)
* M. R. Acharekar (1968)
* Begum Akhtar (1968)
* Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968)
* Nikhil Banerjee (1968)
* Sunil Dutt (1968)
* Durga Khote (1968)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968)
* Shankar–Jaikishan (1968)
* Ayodhya Prasad (1968)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968)
* N. T. Rama Rao (1968)
* Devi Lal Samar (1968)
* Vyjayanthimala (1968)
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969)
* David Abraham Cheulkar (1969)
* N. S. Bendre (1969)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* B. Saroja Devi (1969)
* Indrani Rahman (1969)
* Balraj Sahni (1969)
* S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)

1970s|

* Sukumar Bose (1970)
* Prem Dhawan (1970)
* Ratna Fabri (1970)
* Gemini Ganesan (1970)
* Ritwik Ghatak (1970)
* Damayanti Joshi (1970)
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970)
* Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970)
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1970)
* Rajendra Kumar (1970)
* Pankaj Mullick (1970)
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970)
* Relangi (1970)
* Gummadi (1970)
* Vijay Raghav Rao (1970)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970)
* Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970)
* K. B. Sundarambal (1970)
* Avinash Vyas (1970)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1971)
* Sankho Chaudhuri (1971)
* Manna Dey (1971)
* Tripti Mitra (1971)
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971)
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971)
* K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971)
* Shanta Rao (1971)
* Ravi (1971)
* Sahir Ludhianvi (1971)
* Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971)
* Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972)
* Girija Devi (1972)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972)
* Sunil Janah (1972)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1972)
* Mahendra Kapoor (1972)
* Ram Kumar (artist) (1972)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972)
* Samta Prasad (1972)
* M. K. Radha (1972)
* Raghu Rai (1972)
* Krishna Reddy (1972)
* Waheeda Rehman (1972)
* Juthika Roy (1972)
* Suchitra Sen (1972)
* Gubbi Veeranna (1972)
* Sitara Devi (1973)
* T. N. Krishnan (1973)
* Kishan Maharaj (1973)
* Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973)
* Uma Sharma (1973)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1973)
* Kaifi Azmi (1974)
* Pushkar Bhan (1974)
* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (1974)
* Naina Devi (1974)
* Girish Karnad (1974)
* Shriram Lagoo (1974)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
* Nutan (1974)
* M. D. Ramanathan (1974)
* Som Nath Sadhu (1974)
* Emani Sankara Sastry (1974)
* Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974)
* Manik Varma (1974)
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975)
* Jasraj (1975)
* Amjad Ali Khan (1975)
* Gopi Krishna (1975)
* Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
* Basavaraj Rajguru (1975)
* Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975)
* M. S. Sathyu (1975)
* K. G. Subramanyan (1975)
* Gitchandra Tongbra (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1975)
* Shyam Benegal (1976)
* Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
* Ram Narayan (1976)
* K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976)
* R. Nagendra Rao (1976)
* S. Somasundaram (1976)
* Parveen Sultana (1976)
* Dhanraj Bhagat (1977)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1977)
* Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977)
* Alla Rakha (1977)
* Jehangir Sabavala (1977)
* Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)

1980s|

* B. V. Karanth (1981)
* Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981)
* Gambhir Singh Mura (1981)
* Dashrath Patel (1981)
* S. H. Raza (1981)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (1981)
* Allah Jilai Bai (1982)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Jabbar Patel (1982)
* Virendra Prabhakar (1982)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983)
* Nepal Mahata (1983)
* Handel Manuel (1983)
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983)
* Raghubir Singh (1983)
* Sobha Singh (1983)
* Habib Tanvir (1983)
* Ganga Devi (1984)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1984)
* Purushottam Das (1984)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhupen Khakhar (1984)
* Ben Kingsley (1984)
* Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984)
* Roshan Kumari (1984)
* Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984)
* N. Rajam (1984)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (1984)
* Nek Chand (1984)
* Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984)
* Shanti Dave (1985)
* Asa Singh Mastana (1985)
* Laxman Pai (1985)
* Smita Patil (1985)
* Palghat R. Raghu (1985)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1985)
* Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986)
* Kanika Banerjee (1986)
* Subrata Mitra (1986)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986)
* Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986)
* K. Balachander (1987)
* Kumudini Lakhia (1987)
* Vijaya Mehta (1987)
* N. Ramani (1987)
* Aparna Sen (1987)
* Naresh Sohal (1987)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Shabana Azmi (1988)
* Teejan Bai (1988)
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988)
* Zakir Hussain (1988)
* Chindodi Leela (1988)
* Sudharani Raghupathy (1988)
* Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
* Kudrat Singh (1988)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Adyar K. Lakshman (1989)
* Haku Shah (1989)
* L. Subramaniam (1989)
* Ratan Thiyam (1989)
* Upendra Trivedi (1989)

1990s|

* Mohan Agashe (1990)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Prabha Atre (1990)
* Asgari Bai (1990)
* Gulab Bai (1990)
* Balwantrai Bhatt (1990)
* Diwaliben Bhil (1990)
* Raj Bisaria (1990)
* S. M. Ganapathy (1990)
* Kamal Haasan (1990)
* Bishamber Khanna (1990)
* Krishen Khanna (1990)
* Allu Ramalingaiah (1990)
* Tarun Majumdar (1990)
* Madhavi Mudgal (1990)
* Om Puri (1990)
* Kanak Rele (1990)
* Leela Samson (1990)
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1990)
* Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991)
* Bharat Gopy (1991)
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991)
* Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991)
* Shanno Khurana (1991)
* Pratima Barua Pandey (1991)
* Manu Parekh (1991)
* Shivkumar Sharma (1991)
* Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991)
* Sharda Sinha (1991)
* Alarmel Valli (1991)
* Jaya Bachchan (1992)
* Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
* Biren De (1992)
* Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992)
* Sabri Khan (1992)
* Sunita Kohli (1992)
* Madurai N. Krishnan (1992)
* Manoj Kumar (1992)
* Meera Mukherjee (1992)
* Asha Parekh (1992)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992)
* Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
* Anandji Virji Shah (1992)
* Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992)
* Sundari K. Shridharani (1992)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Muthiah Sthapati (1992)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* Chitra Visweswaran (1992)
* Dipali Barthakur (1998)
* Mammootty (1998)
* Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
* Krishnarao Sable (1998)
* Zohra Sehgal (1998)
* K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998)
* U. Srinivas (1998)
* Javed Akhtar (1999)
* Saryu Doshi (1999)
* Sulochana Latkar (1999)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1999)
* Shobha Deepak Singh (1999)
* Jagmohan Sursagar (1999)
* Ram V. Sutar (1999)

2000s|

* Kanhai Chitrakar (2000)
* Shekhar Kapur (2000)
* Hema Malini (2000)
* Anjolie Ela Menon (2000)
* Shubha Mudgal (2000)
* Alyque Padamsee (2000)
* A. R. Rahman (2000)
* Ramanand Sagar (2000)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001)
* Aamir Raza Husain (2001)
* Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001)
* Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001)
* Sunil Kothari (2001)
* Nerella Venu Madhav (2001)
* Mohanlal (2001)
* Shobha Naidu (2001)
* D. V. S. Raju (2001)
* Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001)
* Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001)
* Thota Tharani (2001)
* W. D. Amaradeva (2002)
* Raj Begum (2002)
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002)
* Pushpa Bhuyan (2002)
* Rajan Devadas (2002)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2002)
* Abdul Latif Khan (2002)
* Mani Krishnaswami (2002)
* Fazal Mohammad (2002)
* Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002)
* Govind Nihalani (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Kiran Segal (2002)
* Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2002)
* Jahnu Barua (2003)
* Danny Denzongpa (2003)
* Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003)
* Rita Ganguly (2003)
* Ranjana Gauhar (2003)
* Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003)
* Rakhee Gulzar (2003)
* Nemi Chandra Jain (2003)
* O. P. Jain (2003)
* Aamir Khan (2003)
* Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003)
* T. M. Soundararajan (2003)
* Sukumari (2003)
* Satish Vyas (2003)
* Bharathiraja (2004)
* Maguni Charan Das (2004)
* Manoranjan Das (2004)
* D. K. Datar (2004)
* Kadri Gopalnath (2004)
* Hariharan (singer) (2004)
* Purshottam Das Jalota (2004)
* Krishn Kanhai (2004)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2004)
* Anupam Kher (2004)
* Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004)
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004)
* Sudha Ragunathan (2004)
* Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004)
* Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004)
* Bharati Shivaji (2004)
* Singh Bandhu (2004)
* Bhajan Sopori (2004)
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004)
* Muzaffar Ali (2005)
* Shameem Dev Azad (2005)
* M. Boyer (2005)
* K. S. Chithra (2005)
* Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005)
* Kavita Krishnamurti (2005)
* Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
* Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
* Punaram Nishad (2005)
* Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005)
* Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005)
* Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005)
* Komala Varadan (2005)
* Wadali Brothers (2005)
* Ileana Citaristi (2006)
* Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006)
* Shree Lal Joshi (2006)
* Surinder Kaur (2006)
* Rashid Khan (musician) (2006)
* Vasundhara Komkali (2006)
* Yashodhar Mathpal (2006)
* Madhup Mudgal (2006)
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006)
* Shyama Charan Pati (2006)
* Gayatri Sankaran (2006)
* Prasad Sawkar (2006)
* Aribam Syam Sharma (2006)
* Shobana (2006)
* Kanaka Srinivasan (2006)
* Pankaj Udhas (2006)
* Mohan Babu (2007)
* Geeta Chandran (2007)
* Astad Deboo (2007)
* Neelamani Devi (2007)
* Remo Fernandes (2007)
* P. Gopinathan (2007)
* Pushpa Hans (2007)
* Shanti Hiranand (2007)
* Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007)
* Govardhan Kumari (2007)
* Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007)
* Balachandra Menon (2007)
* Shashikala (2007)
* Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007)
* Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007)
* Pannuru Sripathy (2007)
* Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007)
* Waman Thakre (2007)
* P. R. Thilagam (2007)
* Tom Alter (2008)
* Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008)
* Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008)
* Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008)
* Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008)
* Kekoo Gandhy (2008)
* Helen Giri Syiem (2008)
* Jatin Goswami (2008)
* Hans Raj Hans (2008)
* Sabitri Heisnam (2008)
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008)
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008)
* Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008)
* Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2008)
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008)
* Jawahar Wattal (2008)
* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009)
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009)
* Hemi Bawa (2009)
* Brahmanandam (2009)
* Devayani (dancer) (2009)
* Suresh Dutta (2009)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2009)
* Niranjan Goswami (2009)
* Geeta Kapur (2009)
* Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009)
* Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009)
* Helen (2009)
* S. Krishnaswamy (2009)
* Akshay Kumar (2009)
* Iravatham Mahadevan (2009)
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009)
* Penaz Masani (2009)
* Shaoli Mitra (2009)
* Udit Narayan (2009)
* Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009)
* Leela Omchery (2009)
* Pratapaditya Pal (2009)
* Aruna Sairam (2009)
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009)
* Kumar Sanu (2009)
* Kiran Seth (2009)
* Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009)
* Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009)
* Thilakan (2009)
* K. P. Udayabhanu (2009)
* Vivek (actor) (2009)

2010s|

* Gul Bardhan (2010)
* Carmel Berkson (2010)
* Wasifuddin Dagar (2010)
* Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010)
* Nemai Ghosh (2010)
* Sumitra Guha (2010)
* Ulhas Kashalkar (2010)
* Saif Ali Khan (2010)
* Mukund Lath (2010)
* Ram Dayal Munda (2010)
* Arundathi Nag (2010)
* Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
* Resul Pookutty (2010)
* Arjun Prajapati (2010)
* Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010)
* Shobha Raju (2010)
* Mayadhar Raut (2010)
* Rekha (2010)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011)
* Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011)
* Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011)
* Mahasundari Devi (2011)
* Gajam Govardhana (2011)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2011)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2011)
* Jayaram (2011)
* Kajol (2011)
* Shaji N. Karun (2011)
* Girish Kasaravalli (2011)
* Irrfan Khan (2011)
* Tabu (2011)
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011)
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011)
* Jivya Soma Mashe (2011)
* Dadi Pudumjee (2011)
* M. K. Saroja (2011)
* Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011)
* Prahlad Tipanya (2011)
* Usha Uthup (2011)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Vanraj Bhatia (2012)
* Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012)
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012)
* Gundecha Brothers (2012)
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012)
* Anup Jalota (2012)
* Moti Lal Kemmu (2012)
* Shahid Parvez (2012)
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012)
* Sakar Khan (2012)
* Joy Michael (2012)
* Minati Mishra (2012)
* Na Muthuswamy (2012)
* R. Nagarathnamma (2012)
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Vijay Sharma (2012)
* Laila Tyabji (2012)
* Yamunabai Waikar (2012)
* S. Shakir Ali (2013)
* Gajam Anjaiah (2013)
* Bapu (2013)
* Pablo Bartholomew (2013)
* Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013)
* G. C. D. Bharti (2013)
* Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
* Ghanakanta Bora (2013)
* B. Jayashree (2013)
* Hildamit Lepcha (2013)
* Madhu (actor) (2013)
* Sudha Malhotra (2013)
* Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
* Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013)
* Nana Patekar (2013)
* Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013)
* Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013)
* Jaymala Shiledar (2013)
* Ramesh Sippy (2013)
* Sridevi (2013)
* Suresh Talwalkar (2013)
* Mahrukh Tarapor (2013)
* Balwant Thakur (2013)
* Rajendra Tiku (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Baig (2014)
* Vidya Balan (2014)
* Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014)
* Sabitri Chatterjee (2014)
* Biman Bihari Das (2014)
* Sunil Das (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Rani Karnaa (2014)
* Bansi Kaul (2014)
* Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014)
* Geeta Mahalik (2014)
* Paresh Maity (2014)
* Ram Mohan (2014)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
* Paresh Rawal (2014)
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014)
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014)
* Santosh Sivan (2014)
* Sooni Taraporevala (2014)
* Naresh Bedi (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rahul Jain (2015)
* Ravindra Jain (2015)
* Prasoon Joshi (2015)
* A. Kanyakumari (2015)
* Prafulla Kar (2015)
* Tripti Mukherjee (2015)
* Neil Nongkynrih (2015)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015)
* Shekhar Sen (2015)
* Pran Kumar Sharma (2015)
* Mahesh Raj Soni (2015)
* Malini Awasthi (2016)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2016)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2016)
* Mamta Chandrakar (2016)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Ajay Devgn (2016)
* Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016)
* Laxma Goud (2016)
* Saeed Jaffrey (2016)
* Venkatesh Kumar (2016)
* Naresh Chander Lal (2016)
* Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016)
* Nila Madhab Panda (2016)
* Michael Postel (2016)
* Pratibha Prahlad (2016)
* Gulabo Sapera (2016)
* Prakash Chand Surana (2016)
* Basanti Bisht (2017)
* Baua Devi (2017)
* Jitendra Haripal (2017)
* Kailash Kher (2017)
* Sadhu Meher (2017)
* Aruna Mohanty (2017)
* T. K. Murthy (2017)
* Mukund Nayak (2017)
* Anuradha Paudwal (2017)
* Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017)
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017)
* Doddarangegowda (2018)
* Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018)
* Pran Kishore Kaul (2018)
* Vijay Kichlu (2018)
* Prabhakar Maharana (2018)
* Sisir Mishra (2018)
* Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018)
* Gobardhan Panika (2018)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2018)
* Bhajju Shyam (2018)
* Ibrahim Sutar (2018)
* Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018)
* Baba Yogendra (2018)
* Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019)
* Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Pritam Bhartwan (2019)
* Jyoti Bhatt (2019)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019)
* Dinyar Contractor (2019)
* Thanga Darlong (2019)
* Prabhu Deva (2019)
* Godawari Dutta (2019)
* Joravarsinh Jadav (2019)
* Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019)
* K. G. Jayan (2019)
* Waman Kendre (2019)
* Kader Khan (2019)
* Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
* Narthaki Nataraj (2019)
* Milena Salvini (2019)
* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
* Rajeev Taranath (2019)
* Hiralal Yadav (2019)
* Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)

2020s|

* Shashadhar Acharya (2020)
* Indira P. P. Bora (2020)
* Bombay Sisters (2020)
* Vajira Chitrasena (2020)
* Puru Dadheech (2020)
* Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020)
* Sarita Joshi (2020)
* Kangana Ranaut (2020)
* Ramzan Khan (2020)
* Manilal Nag (2020)
* Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020)
* Adnan Sami (2020)
* Suresh Wadkar (2020)
* V. K. Munusamy (2020)
* Yadla Gopalarao (2020)
* Dulari Devi (2021)
* Bombay Jayashri (2021)
* KC Sivasankaran (2021)
* Rewben Mashangva (2021)
* Sanjida Khatun (2021)
* Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021)
* Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)
* Biren Kumar Basak (2021)
* Narayan Debnath (2021)
* Bhuri Bai (2021)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
* Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022)
* Ram Sahay Panday (2022)
* Durga Bai Vyam (2022)
* Sulochana Chavan (2022)
* Sonu Nigam (2022)
* Lourembam Bino Devi (2022)
* Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022)
* Shyamamani Devi (2022)
* Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022)
* Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
* Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
* Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
* S. Ballesh (2022)
* Sowcar Janaki (2022)
* R Muthukannammal (2022)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
* Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
* Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
* Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
* Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
* Shivnath Mishra (2022)
* Sheesh Ram (2022)
* Ajita Srivastava (2022)
* Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
* Kaajee Singh (2022)
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023)
* Premjit Baria (2023)
* Usha Barle (2023)
* Hemant Chauhan (2023)
* Bhanubhai Chitara (2023)
* Hemoprova Chutia (2023)
* Subhadra Devi (2023)
* Hem Chandra Goswami (2023)
* Pritikana Goswami (2023)
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
* Dilshad Hussain (2023)
* Mahipat Kavi (2023)
* M. M. Keeravani (2023)
* Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
* Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
* Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
* Risingbor Kurkalang (2023)
* Rani Machaiah (2023)
* Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023)
* Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023)
* Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
* Krishna Patel (2023)
* K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
* Kapil Dev Prasad (2023)
* Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
* C. V. Raju (2023)
* Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023)
* Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
* K C Runremsangi (2023)
* Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
* Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
* Neihunuo Sorhie (2023)
* Moa Subong (2023)
* Raveena Tandon (2023)
* Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
* Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)

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SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award

2011–2020|

* Ambareesh (2011)
* Sowcar Janaki & K. J. Yesudas (2012)
* K. Raghavendra Rao & K. Bhagyaraj (2013)
* Bharathiraja & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2014)
* S. Janaki & Panchu Arunachalam (2015)
* Murali Mohan & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2016)
* P. Susheela (2017)
* Menaka & Suresh Kumar (2018)
* Sheela (2019)
* K. Viswanath (2020)

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Nandi Award for Best Director

1981–2000|

* Bharathiraja (1981)
* U. Visweswar Rao (1982)
* Jandhyala (1983)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1984)
* Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1985)
* K. Viswanath (1986)
* K. Viswanath (1987)
* Suresh Krissna (1988)
* Ram Gopal Varma (1989)
* Kranthi Kumar (1990)
* Ram Gopal Varma (1991)
* C. Umamaheswara Rao (1992)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1993)
* Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1994)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1995)
* Gangaraju Gunnam (1996)
* K. Raghavendra Rao (1997)
* Dasari Narayana Rao (1998)
* Ram Gopal Varma (1999)
* S. V. Krishna Reddy (2000)

2001-present|

* Teja (2001)
* Krishna Vamsi (2002)
* Gunasekhar (2003)
* Sekhar Kammula (2004)
* Krishna Vamsi (2005)
* Sekhar Kammula (2006)
* Krishna Vamsi (2007)
* Krish (2008)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2009)
* Sunil Kumar Reddy (2010)
* N. Shankar (2011)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2012)
* Daya Kodavaganti (2013)
* Boyapati Srinu (2014)
* S. S. Rajamouli (2015)
* Satish Vegesna (2016)

Category

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National Film Award for Best Screenplay

1967–1980|

* S. L. Puram Sadanandan (1967)
* Pandit Anand Kumar (1968)
* Puttanna Kanagal (1969)
* Satyajit Ray (1970)
* Tapan Sinha (1971)
* Gulzar (1972)
* Mrinal Sen and Ashish Burman (1973)
* Satyajit Ray (1974)
* No Award (1975)
* Vijay Tendulkar (1976)
* Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad (1977)
* T. S. Ranga and T. S. Nagabharana (1978)
* Sai Paranjpye (1979)
* Mrinal Sen (1980)

1981–2000|

* K. Balachander (1981)
* Mrinal Sen (1982)
* G. V. Iyer (1983)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1985)
* Budhdhadeb Dasgupta (1986)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987)
* Arundhati Roy (1988)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1989)
* K. S. Sethumadhavan (1990)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1992)
* Satyajit Ray (1993)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1994)
* Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Ashok Mishra (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Rituparno Ghosh (1997)
* Ashok Mishra (1998)
* Madampu Kunjukuttan (1999)
* Bharathiraja (2000)

2001–present|

* Neelakanta (2001)
* Aparna Sen (2002)
* Goutam Ghose (2003)
* Manoj Tyagi and Nina Arora (2004)
* Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan (2005)
* Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2006)
* Feroz Abbas Khan (2007)
* Sachin Kundalkar (2008)

Original|

* P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna (2009)
* Vetrimaaran (2010)
* Nitesh Tiwari, Vikas Bahl, and Vijay Maurya (2011)
* Sujoy Ghosh (2012)
* P. Sheshadri (2013)
* Srijit Mukherji (2014)
* Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma (2015)
* Syam Pushkaran (2016)
* Sajeev Pazhoor (2017)
* Rahul Ravindran (2018)

Adapted|

* Gopal Krishan Pai and Girish Kasaravalli (2009)
* Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar (2010)
* Avinash Deshpande Nigdi (2011)
* Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla (2012)
* Panchakshari (2013)
* Joshy Mangalath (2014)
* Vishal Bhardwaj (2015)
* Sanjay Krishnaji Patil (2016)
* Jayaraj (2017)
* Sriram Raghavan , Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth M. Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti (2018)

Dialogues|

* Pandiraj (2009)
* Sanjay Pawar (2010)
* Girish Kulkarni (2011)
* Anjali Menon (2012)
* Sumitra Bhave (2013)
* Vishal Bhardwaj (2014)
* Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma (2015)
* Tharun Bhascker (2016)
* Sambit Mohanty (2017)
* Churni Ganguly (2018)

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Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director

1972–1990|

* P. Madhavan (1972)
* A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973)
* K. Balachander (1974)
* K. Balachander (1975)
* S. P. Muthuraman (1976)
* S. P. Muthuraman (1977)
* Bharathiraja (1978)
* Mahendran (1979)
* K. Balachander (1980)
* K. Balachander (1981)
* Balu Mahendra (1982)
* A. Jagannathan (1983)
* K. Balachander (1984)
* Fazil (1985)
* Mani Ratnam (1986)
* Bharathiraja (1987)
* Balu Mahendra (1988)
* K. Balachander (1989)
* Mani Ratnam (1990)

1991–2010|

* Mani Ratnam (1991)
* K. Balachander (1992)
* Shankar (1993)
* Shankar (1994)
* Mani Ratnam (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Cheran (1997)
* Cheran (1998)
* Bala (1999)
* Rajiv Menon (2000)
* Cheran (2001)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Bala (2003)
* Cheran (2004)
* Shankar (2005)
* Vasanthabalan (2006)
* Ameer Sultan (2007)
* M. Sasikumar (2008)
* Priyadarshan (2009)
* Vasanthabalan (2010)

2011–present|

* Vetrimaaran (2011)
* Balaji Sakthivel (2012)
* Bala (2013)
* AR Murugadoss (2014)
* Mohan Raja (2015)
* Sudha Kongara (2016)
* Pushkar–Gayathri (2017)

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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director

1967–1980|

* C. N. Shanmugam (1967)
* Krishnan–Panju (1968)
* P. Neelakantan (1969)
* P. Madhavan (1970)
* Not awarded (1971)
* Not awarded (1972)
* Not awarded (1973)
* Not awarded (1974)
* Not awarded (1975)
* Not awarded (1976)
* Bharathiraja (1977)
* Durai (1978)
* S. P. Muthuraman (1979)
* K. Balachander (1980)

1981–2000|

* Bharathiraja (1981)
* Muktha Srinivasan (1982)
* Not awarded (1983)
* Not awarded (1984)
* Not awarded (1985)
* Not awarded (1986)
* Not awarded (1987)
* P. R. Devaraj (1988)
* K. Balachander (1989)
* Vikraman (1990)
* P. Vasu (1991)
* Mani Ratnam (1992)
* Shankar (1993)
* K. S. Ravikumar (1994)
* Vasanth (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Vikraman & Cheran (1997)
* R. Parthiepan (1998)
* Bala (1999)
* Vikraman (2000)

2001–present|

* Susi Ganesan (2001)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Karu Pazhaniappan (2003)
* Cheran (2004)
* Shankar (2005)
* Thirumurugan (2006)
* Thangar Bachan (2007)
* Radha Mohan (2008)
* Vasanthabalan (2009)
* Prabhu Solomon (2010)
* A. L. Vijay (2011)
* Balaji Sakthivel (2012)
* Ram (2013)
* N. Ragavan (2014)

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