Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director

Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Indian Cinema
Description
Description	Best debutant directorial work of a year
Medal	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1980
First awarded	1980
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	40
Cash award	₹125,000 (US$1,900)
Previous name(s)	• Award for Best First Film of a Director (1980–83)  • Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director (2010–present)
First awardee(s)	Maina Tadanta
Recent awardee(s)	Masaan

The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First 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 (Swarna Kamal).

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.

Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) 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:

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