Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari wins Best Director for Bareilly Ki Barfi at the 63rd Filmfare Awards.
Here’s are a look at the nominations for the Best Director:
Best Director Nominations
Advait Chandan - Secret Superstar
Debutant director Advait Chandan’s film about a teenager breaking barriers made waves with critics as well as the audience.
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari - Bareilly Ki Barfi
She started off with the heartfelt Nil Battey Sannata, and then struck gold at the box office with the Ayushmann Khurrana-Rajkummar Rao-Kriti Sanon-starrer Bareilly Ki Barfi.
Saket Chaudhary - Hindi Medium
Saket Chaudhary returned to the big screen with the sleeper hit Hindi Medium after a long hiatus - his first film was the 2006 rom com Pyaar Ke Side Effects.
Shashank Khaitan - Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Shashank Khaitan seems to have found his niche and favourite actor with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, and now Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Shree Narayan Singh - Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Shree Narayan Singh struck box office gold with his very first film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. Would he take home a Filmfare as well?
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