Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director

The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a National Film Award - Golden Lotus Award, given to a feature film director's first film. The National Film Award - Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director winners:

Year	Film	Director	Language
2011	Baboo Band Baaja	Rajesh Pinjani	Marathi
2010	Lahore	Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan	Hindi
2009	A Wednesday	Neeraj Pandey	Hindi
2008	Frozen	Shivajee Chandrabhushan	Hindi
2007	1. Kabul Express 2. Ekantham	Kabir Khan Madhu Kaithapuram	Hindi Malayalam
2006	Parineeta	Pradeep Sarkar	Hindi
2005	Grahanam	Mohan Krishna Indraganti	Telugu
2004	Margam	Rajiv Vijaya Raghavan	Malayalam
2003	1. Patal Ghar 2. Prohor	Abhijit Chaudhary Subhadro Chaudhary	Bengali Bengali
2002	Thiladaanam	K.N.T. Sastry	Telugu
2001	Sayahnam	R. Sarath	Malayalam
2000	1. Laado 2. Dollar Dreams	Aswini Chowdhary Sekhar Kammula	Haryanvi Telugu/English
1999	Daya	Venu	Malayalam
1998	Bhoothakkannadi	A. K. Lohitha Das	Malayalam
1997	Rag Birag	Bidyut Chakraborty	Assamese
1996	Kahini	Malaya Bhattacharya	Bengali
1995	Moghamull	G. Rajasekharan	Tamil
1994	Sunya Theke Suru	Ashoke Viswanathan	Bengali
1993	Mrs. Beatty's Children	Pamela Rooks	English
1992	Haldhaar	Sanjeev Hazarika	Assamese
1991	Perumthachan	Ajayan	Malayalam
1990	Wosobipo	Gautam Bora	Karbi
1989	Thrishagni	Nabayendu Ghosh	Hindi
1988	Ekti Jiban	Raja Mitra	Bengali
1987	Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin	Sudhir Mishra	Hindi
1986	New Delhi Times	Romesh Sharma	Hindi
1985	Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai	Prathap Pothan	Tamil
1984	Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron	Kundan Shah	Hindi
1983	Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum	Sridhar Rajan	Tamil
1982	Aadhar Sila	Ashok Ahuja	Hindi
1981	Maina Tadanta	Utpalendu Chakraborthy	Bengali