Star Guild Award for Best Director
| Star Guild Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Direction by a Director |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Film & Television Producers Guild |
| First awarded | 2004 (for films released around 2003) |
| Currently held by |
Karan Johar, My Name Is Khan (2011) |
| Official website | Star Guild Awards |
The Star Guild Award for Best Director (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Director) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise the work of a film director. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Director | |
|---|---|---|
| Director with most awards | -- | -- |
| Director with most nominations | Vishal Bhardwaj Imtiaz Ali Prakash Jha Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
2 |
| Director with most nominations (without ever winning) |
Vishal Bhardwaj Imtiaz Ali Prakash Jha |
2 |
Winners and nominees
2000s
- 2004 Rakesh Roshan – Koi... Mil Gaya
- 2005 – No award
- 2006 Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Black
- 2007 – No award
- 2008 Shimit Amin – Chak De! India
- Anurag Basu – Life in a... Metro
- Imtiaz Ali – Jab We Met
- Mani Ratnam – Guru
- Sagar Ballary – Bheja Fry
- 2009 Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
2010s
- 2010 A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
- Anurag Kashyap – Dev.D
- Ayan Mukerji – Wake Up Sid
- Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal
- Vishal Bhardwaj – Kaminey
- 2011 Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
- 2013 Anurag Basu – Barfi! (tied with) Sujoy Ghosh – Kahaani
- Anurag Kashyap – Gangs of Wasseypur
- Gauri Shinde – English Vinglish
- Homi Adajania – Cocktail
- Shoojit Sircar – Vicky Donor
- Tigmanshu Dhulia – Paan Singh Tomar