The Nandi Award for Best Director the Award was first given in 1981. This is a list of the recipients of the award over the years and the films they won for.
List
Year Director Film Ref 1981 Bharathiraja Seethakoka Chiluka 1982 U. Visweswar Rao Keerthi Kantha Kanakam 1983 Jandhyala Ananda Bhairavi 1984 K. Raghavendra Rao Bobbili Brahmanna 1985 Singeetam Srinivas Rao Mayuri 1986 K. Viswanath Swati Mutyam 1987 K. Viswanath Srutilayalu 1988 Suresh Krishna Prema 1989 Ram Gopal Varma Siva 1990 Kranthi Kumar Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu 1991 Ram Gopal Varma Kshana Kshanam 1992 C. Umamaheswara Rao Ankuram 1993 K. Raghavendra Rao Allari Priyudu 1994 Singeetam Srinivas Rao Bhairava Dweepam 1995 K. Raghavendra Rao Pelli Sandadi 1996 Gangaraju Gunnam Little Soldiers 1997 K. Raghavendra Rao Annamayya 1998 Dasari Narayana Rao Kante Koothurne Kanu 1999 Ram Gopal Varma Prema Katha 2000 S.V. Krishna Reddy Sakutumba Saparivara Sametam 2001 Teja Nuvvu Nenu 2002 Krishna Vamsi Khadgam 2003 Gunasekhar Okkadu 2004 Sekhar Kammula Anand 2005 Krishna Vamsi Chakram 2006 Sekhar Kammula Godavari 2007 Krishna Vamsi Chandamama 2008 Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi Gamyam 2009 S. S. Rajamouli Magadheera 2010 Sunil Kumar Reddy Ganga Putrulu 2011 N. Shankar Jai Bolo Telangana 2012 S. S. Rajamouli Eega 2013 Daya Kodavaganti Alias Janaki 2014 Boyapati Srinu Legend 2015 S. S. Rajamouli Baahubali: The Beginning 2016 Satish Vegesna Sathamanam Bhavati
Most won
+ Most won Artist Wins K. Raghavendra Rao Ram Gopal Varma Krishna Vamsi S. S. Rajamouli K. Viswanath Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Sekhar Kammula
See also Nandi Awards
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