The Nandi Award for Best Debut Director winners:
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| 2010 | Nandini Reddy | Ala Modalaindi |
| 2009[1] | Suman Pathuri | Inkosaari |
| 2008 | Sai Kiran Adivi | Vinayakudu |
| 2007 | Ravi Tenali | Muhurtham |
| 2006 | Bhaskar | Bommarillu |
| 2005 | Surender Reddy[2] | Athanokkade |
| 2004 | Indraganti Mohan Krishna | Grahanam |
| 2003 | - | - |
| 2002 | V. V. Vinayak | Aadi |
| 2001 | K. N. T. Sastry[3] | Thiladanam |
| 2000[4] | G. Ramprasad | Chiru Navvutho |
| 1999 | Srinu Vaitla | Nee Kosam |
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