Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus.
The award was instituted in 1980, at 28th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi, Malayalam and Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Assamese and English, Haryanvi, Ladakhi, Karbi and Jasari.
Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' and cash prize. Award, sometimes, also be given as Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director. Following are the award winners over the years:
Winners
| Indicates a joint award for that year |