Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director

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.