Zee Cine Award / Best Director
The Zee Cine Award Best Director is a category of the Indian Film Awards Zee Cine Awards .
The Zee Cine Award Best Director is chosen by the Indian public. The winners are announced every March.
The director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has already received three awards in this category, Karan Johar and Rakesh Roshan have each been named the best director of the year twice by the Indian audience.
List of winners:
| year | Director | Movie | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jyoti Prakash Dutta | Border | - |
| 1999 | Karan Johar | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | And suddenly it's love … |
| 2000 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | I gave you my heart, beloved |
| 2001 | Rakesh Roshan | Kaho Naa ... Pyaar Hai | Love out of the blue |
| 2002 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Lagaan | Lagaan - Once upon a time in India |
| 2003 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Devdas | Devdas - flame of our love |
| 2004 | Rakesh Roshan | Koi ... Mil Gaya | Star child - Koi Mil Gaya |
| 2005 | Yash Chopra | Veer-Zaara | Veer and Zaara - The legend of a love |
| 2006 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Black | - |
| 2007 | Rakesh Omprakash Mehra | Rank De Basanti | Rang De Basanti - The color saffron |
| 2008 | Aamir Khan | Taare Zameen Par | Taare Zameen Par - A star on earth |
| 2009 | no award | ||
| 2010 | no award | ||
| 2011 | Karan Johar | My name is Khan | My name is khan |
| 2012 | Imtiaz Ali | Rock star | - |
| 2013 | Anurag Basu | Barfi! | - |
| 2014 | Ayan Mukerji | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Don't let your luck go |