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Neeraj Ghaywan
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Cannes Film Festival (5)
Filmfare Awards (2)
Zee Cine Awards (2)
National Film Awards, India (1)
Sundance Film Festival (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (1)
Warsaw International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Indian Film Festival (1)
Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards (1)
Zurich Film Festival (1)
NDTV Indian of the Year, IN (1)
SAARC Film Festival, Sri Lanka (2)
Screen Awards, IN (3)
Lichter Filmfest International (1)
FOI Online Awards (4)
IWM Digital Awards (1)
Critics' Choice Film Awards, India (2)
19 wins & 11 nominations
Cannes Film Festival
2025 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Homebound
2015 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Masaan
2015 Nominee
Golden Camera
Masaan
2015 Winner
Un Certain Regard - Avenir Prize
Masaan
Tied with
Nahid (2015)
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2015 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Un Certain Regard
Masaan
Filmfare Awards
2018 Winner
Short Film Award
Best Short Film (Fiction)
Juice
2016 Winner
Filmfare Award
Best Debut Director
Masaan
Zee Cine Awards
2016 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Debut Director
Masaan
2016 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Masaan
National Film Awards, India
2016 Winner
Golden Lotus Award
Best Debut Film of a Director
Masaan
For his perceptive approach to filmmaking in handling a layered story of people caught up changing social and moral values.
Sundance Film Festival
2014 Winner
Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award
Masaan
Toronto International Film Festival
2025 3rd Place
International People’s Choice Award
Best Film
Homebound
Second runner-up
Warsaw International Film Festival
2025 Nominee
Encounters
Polish Film Institute Award (Audience Award)
Homebound
Los Angeles Indian Film Festival
2016 Winner
Jury Award
Honorable Mention, Feature Film
Aligarh
Masaan
Shared with:
Hansal Mehta
Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards
2016 Winner
Apsara Award
Best Debut Director
Masaan
Zurich Film Festival
2025 Nominee
Golden Eye Award
Best International Feature Film
Homebound
NDTV Indian of the Year, IN
2025 Winner
NDTV Indian of the Year
Director of The Year
Homebound
SAARC Film Festival, Sri Lanka
2016 Winner
Festival Prize
Best Feature Film Trophy
Masaan
2016 Winner
Festival Prize
Best Director
Masaan
Screen Awards, IN
2026 Nominee
Screen Award
Best Director
Homebound
2026 Winner
Screen Award
Best Film Writing
Homebound
Shared with:
Sumit Roy
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Shreedhar Dubey
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Varun Grover
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Basharat Peer
2026 Nominee
Technical Award
Best Dialogue
Homebound
Shared with:
Varun Grover
·
Shreedhar Dubey
Lichter Filmfest International
2016 Winner
LICHTER International Feature Award
Masaan
FOI Online Awards
2025 Winner
FOI Online Award
Best Director
Homebound
2025 Winner
FOI Online Award
Best Writing - Adapted
Homebound
Shared with:
Varun Grover
·
Basharat Peer
·
Sumit Roy
·
Shreedhar Dubey
2015 Nominee
FOI Online Award
Best Director
Masaan
2015 Winner
FOI Online Award
Best Debut - Director
Masaan
IWM Digital Awards
2022 Winner
Jury Award
Best Direction in a Digital Film
Ajeeb Daastaans
Critics' Choice Film Awards, India
2026 Winner
Feature Film Award
Best Director
Homebound
2026 Nominee
Feature Film Award
Best Writing
Homebound
Shared with:
Basharat Peer
·
Shreedhar Dubey
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Varun Grover
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Sumit Roy
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