Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil | |
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Awarded for | Best Director in Tamil films |
Country | India |
Presented by | Filmfare |
First award | P. Madhavan, Gnana Oli (1972) |
Currently held by | S. U. Arun Kumar, Chithha (2023) |
Website | Filmfare Awards |
The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972. [1] [2]
Superlative | Best Director – Tamil | |
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Most awards | 7 wins | |
Most Nominations | 18 nominations | |
Most Nominations without a win | Vikraman | 7 nominations |
Most consecutive nominations | K. Balachander & Bharathiraja | 6 nominations |
Most consecutive wins | K. Balachander, S. P. Muthuraman, Mani Ratnam, S. Shankar, Cheran | 2 wins |
Oldest winner | K. Balachander | 63 |
Oldest nominee | Balu Mahendra | 74 |