Zee Cine Award for Best Director

Cinema award in India

The Zee Cine Award Best Director is chosen via the public of India. The winners are announced in March.

Multiple wins


Wins	Recipient
5	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2	Rakesh Roshan, Karan Johar, Ayan Mukerji

The winners are listed below:^[1]

Year	Director	Film
1998	J.P. Dutta	Border
1999	Karan Johar	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2000	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2001	Rakesh Roshan	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
2002	Ashutosh Gowariker	Lagaan
2003	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Devdas
2004	Rakesh Roshan	Koi... Mil Gaya
2005	Yash Chopra	Veer-Zaara
2006	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Black
2007	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rang De Basanti
2008	Aamir Khan	Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)
2011	Karan Johar	My Name is Khan
2012	Imtiaz Ali	Rockstar
2013	Anurag Basu	Barfi!
2014	Ayan Mukerji	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2016	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Bajirao Mastani
2017	Ram Madhvani	Neerja
2018	Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari	Bareilly Ki Barfi
2019	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Padmaavat
2020	Zoya Akhtar	Gully Boy
2023^[2]	Ayan Mukerji	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
2024^[3]	Atlee	Jawan

^ "Zee Cine Awards (2020) - IMDb".
^ "Zee Cine Awards 2023 Winners".
^ "Zee Cine Awards 2024 full winners list: Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan wins big; Sunny Deol, Rani Mukerji, Kiara Advani honoured". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.