The Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director is an Indian film award which began in 2005.[1]
In 2002, Zee Cine tried to acknowledge debut directors by creating a Zee Cine Special Award for Debut Director. In 2005, the category for most promising director was made official. A group of juries chose the best candidate out of five nominated directors. The inaugural Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director was given to Farah Khan for Main Hoon Na.
| Year | Winner | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Dil Chahta Hai | ||
| 2004 | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | ||
| 2005 | Main Hoon Na | ||
| 2006 | Parineeta | ||
| 2007 | Khosla Ka Ghosla | ||
| 2008 | Taare Zameen Par | ||
| 2009 | Not Held | ||
| 2010 | Not Held | ||
| 2011 | Dabangg | ||
| 2012 | Bodyguard | ||
| 2013 | English Vinglish | ||
| 2014 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | ||
| 2015 | PK | ||
| 2016 | Neeraj Ghaywan | Masaan | |
| 2017 | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Pink | |
| 2018 | Advait Chandan | Secret Superstar | |
| 2019 | Stree | ||
| 2021 | Aditya DharSandeep Reddy Vanga | Kabir Singh | |
| 2022 | Not Held | ||
| 2022 | Not Held | ||
| 2023 | Jasmeet K. Reen | Darlings | |