IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu explained

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu
Awarded For:	Best Direction in Telugu films
Country:	India
Year:	2015
Holder:	Anil Ravipudi, Bhagavanth Kesari (2023)
Most Nominations:	Koratala Siva (2)
Website:	iifautsavam.com

IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director  Telugu is given by the International Indian Film Academy in South Indian segment which is known as IIFA Utsavam as part of annual ceremony for Telugu films, to recognise the personality who has delivered an outstanding direction.

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Most nominations	Koratala Siva	2

Winners and nominees

Table key

	Indicates the winner

Year	Director	Film
2015	S. S. Rajamouli	Baahubali: The Beginning	^[1]
Chandoo Mondeti	Karthikeya
Koratala Siva	Srimanthudu
Mahi V. Raghav	Paathasala
Puri Jagannadh	Temper
2016	Koratala Siva	Janatha Garage	^[2]
	Krish Jagarlamudi	Kanche
	Sukumar	Nannaku Prematho
	Tharun Bhascker	Pelli Choopulu
	Vamshi Paidipally	Oopiri
2023	Anil Ravipudi	Bhagavanth Kesari	^[3]
	Mahesh Babu Pachigolla	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Prashanth Neel
	Sai Rajesh	Baby
	Srikanth Odela	Dasara

Notes and References

1. Web site: iifa Utsavam . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151120022933/http://iifautsavam.com/nominees-tel.html . 2015-11-20 . www.iifautsavam.com.
2. Web site: NTR Junior and Samantha clinch laurels at IIFA Utsavam - Times of India . The Times of India.
3. Web site: 2024-09-28 . IIFA Utsavam 2024 Telugu full list of Winners - Telugu News . 2024-09-28 . IndiaGlitz.com.