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The Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director is an Indian film award which began in 2005. [1]
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. A group of juries chose the best candidate out of five nominated directors. The inaugural Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director was given to Farah Khan for Main Hoon Na.
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Farhan Akhtar | Dil Chahta Hai |
| 2004 | Rajkumar Hirani | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. |
| 2005 | Farah Khan | Main Hoon Na |
| 2006 | Pradeep Sarkar | Parineeta |
| 2007 | Dibakar Banerjee | Khosla Ka Ghosla |
| 2008 | Aamir Khan | Taare Zameen Par |
| 2009 | Not Held | |
| 2010 | Not Held | |
| 2011 | Abhinav Kashyap | Dabangg |
| 2012 | Siddique | Bodyguard |
| 2013 | Gauri Shinde | English Vinglish |
| 2014 | Ayan Mukerji | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |
| 2015 | Rajkumar Hirani | PK |
| 2016 | Neeraj Ghaywan | Masaan |
| 2017 | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Pink |
| 2018 | Advait Chandan | Secret Superstar |
| 2019 | Amar Kaushik | Stree |
| 2021 | Aditya Dhar Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Uri: The Surgical Strike Kabir Singh |
| 2022 | Not Held | |
| 2022 | Not Held | |
| 2023 | Jasmeet K. Reen | Darlings |