SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Vibri Media Group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by a director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with five nominations whereas, S. S. Rajamouli and Sukumar are the most awarded with three wins each.

Superlatives CategoriesRecipientNotesMost winsS. S. Rajamouli3SukumarMost nominationsTrivikram Srinivas5Most nominations without a winKoratala Siva4

Winners YearDirectorFilmRef2011Srinu VaitlaDookudu2012Harish ShankarGabbar Singh2013Trivikram SrinivasAttarintiki Daredi2014Surender ReddyRace Gurram2015S. S. RajamouliBaahubali: The Beginning2016Vamsi PaidipallyOopiri2017S. S. RajamouliBaahubali 2: The Conclusion2018SukumarRangasthalam2019Vamshi PaidipallyMaharshi2020Trivikram SrinivasAla Vaikunthapurramuloo2021SukumarPushpa: The Rise2022S. S. RajamouliRRR2023Srikanth OdelaDasara2024SukumarPushpa 2: The Rule2025Anil RavipudiSankranthiki Vasthunam

Nominations

2011: Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath Dasaradh – Mr. Perfect Sukumar – 100% Love Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam 2012: Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh S. S. Rajamouli – Eega Vikram Kumar – Ishq Trivikram Srinivas – Julai Puri Jagannadh – Businessman 2013: Trivikram Srinivas – Attarintiki Daredi Koratala Siva – Mirchi Srikanth Addala – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Vijaykumar Konda – Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde V. V. Vinayak – Naayak 2014: Surender Reddy – Race Gurram Srivass – Loukyam Boyapati Srinu – Legend Vikram Kumar – Manam Srikanth Addala – Mukunda 2015: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu Krish – Kanche Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy 2016: Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa 2017: S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati 2018: Sukumar – Rangasthalam Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam Nag Ashwin – Mahanati Parasuram – Geetha Govindam Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava 2019: Vamshi Paidipally – Maharshi B. V. Nandini Reddy – Oh! Baby Puri Jagannadh – iSmart Shankar Anil Ravipudi – F2: Fun and Frustration Gowtam Tinnanuri – Jersey Shiva Nirvana – Majili 2020: Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Anil Ravipudi – Sarileru Neekevvaru Venky Kudumula – Bheeshma Venkatesh Maha – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Mohana Krishna Indraganti – V 2021: Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda Gopichand Malineni – Krack K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy 2022: S. S. Rajamouli – RRR Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2 Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu 2023: Srikanth Odela – Dasara Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Sai Rajesh – Baby 2024: Sukumar – Pushpa 2: The Rule Koratala Siva – Devara: Part 1 Nag Ashwin – Kalki 2898 AD Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar 2025: Anil Ravipudi – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Chandoo Mondeti – Thandel Karthik Gattamneni – Mirai Rahul Ravindran – The Girlfriend Sujeeth – They Call Him OG Sailesh Kolanu – HIT: The Third Case

See also

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu

References