Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director
The Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director is an Indian film award which began in 2005.
In 2002, Zee Cine tried to acknowledge debut directors by creating a Zee Cine Special Award for Debut Director. In 2005, the category for most promising director was made official, chosen from five possible nominations by a juried group. The inaugural Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director was given to Farah Khan for Main Hoon Na.
| Year | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Farah Khan | Main Hoon Na |
| 2006 | Pradeep Sarkar | Parineeta |
| 2007 | Dibakar Banerjee | Khosla Ka Ghosla |
| 2008 | Aamir Khan | Taare Zameen Par |
| 2009 | | |
| 2010 | | |
| 2011 | Abhinav Kashyap | Dabangg |
| 2012 | Siddique | Bodyguard |
| 2013 | Gauri Shinde | English Vinglish |