IIFA Award for Best Director

International Indian Film Academy Award

This article is about the award category. For the main function, see IIFA Awards.

IIFA Award for Best Director

The 2025 recipient: Kiran Rao

Awarded for| "Excellence in cinematic direction achievement"
Country| India
Presented by| International Indian Film Academy
First award| 2000 (for direction in films released during the 1999 film season)
Currently held by| Kiran Rao
Laapataa Ladies (2025)
Website| iifa.com

The IIFA Award for Best Director is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the film fraternity. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has 4 and Rajkumar Hirani has 3 awards. Rakesh Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker have the most wins with 2 awards.

## Multiple wins

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Wins  | Recipient

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4  | Sanjay Leela Bhansali
3  | Rajkumar Hirani
2  | Rakesh Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker

## Awards

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The winners are listed below:-

Year | Director | Film

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2000 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2001 | Rakesh Roshan | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
2002 | Ashutosh Gowarikar | Lagaan
2003 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Devdas
2004 | Rakesh Roshan | Koi... Mil Gaya
2005 | Yash Chopra | Veer-Zaara
2006 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Black
2007 | Rajkumar Hirani | Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2008 | Shimit Amin | Chak De India
2009 | Ashutosh Gowarikar | Jodhaa Akbar
2010 | Rajkumar Hirani | 3 Idiots
2011 | Karan Johar | My Name Is Khan
2012 | Zoya Akhtar | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2013 | Anurag Basu | Barfi!
2014 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2015 | Rajkumar Hirani | PK
2016 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali  | Bajirao Mastani
2017 | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Pink
2018 | Saket Chaudhary | Hindi Medium
2019 | Sriram Raghavan | Andhadhun
2020 | Aditya Dhar | Uri: The Surgical Strike
2021
| AWARDS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
2022  | Vishnuvardhan | Shershaah
2023  | R. Madhavan | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
2024  | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | 12th Fail
2025  | Kiran Rao | Laapataa Ladies

## See also

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* IIFA Awards
* Bollywood
* Cinema of India

## External links

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* Official site

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IIFA Awards

Main awards|

* Best Movie
* Best Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Performance in a Negative Role
* Best Performance in a Comic Role
* Star Debut of the Year – Male
* Star Debut of the Year – Female
* Best Music Director
* Best Lyricist
* Best Playback Singer Male
* Best Playback Singer Female

Technical awards|

* Best Art Direction
* Best Action
* Best Background Score
* Best Cinematography
* Best Choreography
* Best Costume Design
* Best Dialogue
* Best Editing
* Best Makeup
* Best Screenplay
* Best Sound Recording
* Best Sound Re-Recording
* Best Special Effects
* Best Story

Special awards|

* Style Icon
* Style Diva
* Most Glamorous Star of the Year
* Hottest Pair
* Lifetime Achievement Award

Ceremonies|

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* 2013
* 2014
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* 2020
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
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* IIFA Utsavam

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IIFA Award for Best Director

* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2000)
* Rakesh Roshan (2001)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2002)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2003)
* Rakesh Roshan (2004)
* Yash Chopra (2005)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2006)
* Rajkumar Hirani (2007)
* Shimit Amin (2008)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani (2010)
* Karan Johar (2011)
* Zoya Akhtar (2012)
* Anurag Basu (2013)
* Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2014)
* Rajkumar Hirani (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2016)
* Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (2017)
* Saket Chaudhary (2018)
* Sriram Raghavan (2019)
* Aditya Dhar (2020)
* No award (2021)
* Vishnuvardhan (2022)
* R. Madhavan (2023)
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2024)
* Kiran Rao (2025)

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