Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada

The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada (Sandalwood) films. The award was first given in 1972.^[1]

Superlatives

Superlative	Best Director
Most award winner	Girish Kasaravalli Sunil Kumar Desai Puttanna Kanagal Girish Karnad	3 awards

Year	Director	Film	Ref
2015	Anup Bhandari	RangiTaranga	[2]
2014	Rakshit Shetty	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	[3]
2013	Pawan Kumar	Lucia	[4]
2012	Vijaya Prasad	Sidlingu	[5]
2011	Jayathirtha	Olave Mandhara	[6]
2010	Girish Kasaravalli	Kanasemba Kudureyaneri	[7]
2009	Guruprasad	Eddelu Manjunatha	[8]
2008	Shashank	Moggina Manasu	[9]
2007	K. M. Chaitanya	Aa Dinagalu	[10]
2006	Indrajith Lankesh	Aishwarya	[11]
2005	Ratnaja	Nenapirali	[12]
2004	P. Vasu	Aaptamitra	[13]
2003	P.A. Arun Prasad	Kiccha	[10]
2002	Girish Kasaravalli	Dweepa	[14]
2001	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar	Nanna Preethiya Hudugi	[15]
2000	Sunil Kumar Desai	Sparsha	[16]
1999	Upendra	Upendra	[17]
1998	Girish Kasaravalli	Thaayi Saheba	[18]
1997	Kesari Haravu	Bhoomi Geetha	[19]
1996	T. S. Nagabharana	Janumada Jodi
1995	Sunil Kumar Desai	Beladingala Baale	[20]
1994	Rajendra Singh Babu	Mahakshatriya	[21]
1993	Rajendra Singh Babu	Hoovu Hannu
1992	T. S. Nagabharana	Mysore mallige
1991	Lokesh	Bhujangayyana Dashavathara
1990	Suresh Heblikar	Prathama Ushakirana
1989	Sunil Kumar Desai	Tarka	[22]
1988	Dinesh Baboo	Suprabhatha	[23]
1987	T. S. Nagabharana
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982	M. S. Sathyu	Bara
1981	Puttanna Kanagal	Ranganayaki
1980	Shankar Nag	Minchina Ota
1979	Puttanna Kanagal	Dharmasere
1978	Girish Karnad	Ondanondu Kaladalli
1977	K. S. Prakash Rao	Ganda Hendati
1976	G. V. Iyer	Hamsa Geethe
1975	B. V. Karanth	Chomana Dudi
1974	Girish Karnad	Kaadu
1973	Puttanna Kanagal	Edakallu Guddada Mele
1972	B. V. Karanth, Girish Karnad	Vamsha Vriksha

References

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