# Hum Award for Best Director Drama Serial

The Hum Award for Best Director Drama Serial is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) to directors working in the drama industry. While nominations for Best drama Director are made by members in the Hum's Directing branch, the award winners are selected by the Hum membership as a whole.

## History

As of 1st Hum Awards Ceremony, HTNEC presented awards to directors. At 1st Hum Awards there were ten nominations for different dramas serials. The Hum Awards for Best Director and Best Drama Serial have been very closely linked together. At 2nd Hum Awards, Sultana Siddiqui became the oldest and first female recipient of Best Directing Award.

## Rules

As per rule declared by Direction Guild of Pakistan only one individual may claim screen credit as a Drama's director. (This rule is designed to prevent rights and ownership issues and to eliminate lobbying for director credit by producers and actors.) However, the DGP may create an exception to this "one director per drama" rule if two co-directors seeking to share director credit for a drama qualify as an "established duo".

## Winners and Nominees

Each Hum Awards ceremony is listed chronologically below along with the winner of the Hum Award for Drama Directing and the drama associated with the award. In the column next to the winner of each award are the other nominees for best director. For the first ceremony to onwards, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on 28 April 2013, to recognized dramas that were released between January 2012, and December 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from 1 January to 31 December. However this rule was subjected to change when two (Sadqay Tumharae and Digest Writer) of nominated drama serial were still airing when nominations were announced. Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year column shows the dramas year in which they were telecast, and the ceremony column shows the ceremony number for which the nominees are awarded, for example; actually an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.

### 2010s

| Key | Explanation |
| ‡ | Indicates the actor won Lux Style Award for Best TV Director |
| † | Indicates the actor was nominated for Lux Style Award for Best TV Director |
| Year | Winner drama serial | Nominated |
| 2012 | Farooq Rind – Sanjha | Sarmad Sultan Khoosat – Shehr-e-Zaat Fahim Burney – Yahan Pyar Nahin Hai Amna Nawaz Khan † – Maat Asim Ali – Mere Qatil Mere Dildar Siraj-ul-Haque – Roshan Sitara Haissam Hussain † – Durr-e-Shahwar Mehreen Jabbar – Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu Adnan Haroon – Bilqees Kaur Saife Hassan – Bari Aapa |
| 2013 | Sultana Siddiqui † – Zindagi Gulzar Hai | Ehteshamuddin – Aseerzadi Siraj-ul-Haque – Humnasheen Mehreen Jabbar † – Rehaai Barkat Siddiqui – Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai Farooq Rind– Rishtey Kuch Adhoray Se Kashif Nisar † – Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi Aabis Raza – Kankar Shahzad Kashmiri – Dil-e-Muztar |
| 2014 | Ehteshamuddin † – Sadqay Tumhare | Sakina Samo – Muhabbat Subha Ka Sitara Hai Siraj-ul-Haque – Bunty I Love You Amna Nawaz Khan – Shanakht Haseeb Hassan – Aahista Aahista Farooq Rind – Mere Meherbaan Syed Ahmed Kamran – Digest Writer |
| 2015 | Haseeb Hassan † – Diyar-e-Dil | Kashif Nisar – Sangat Syed Ahmed Kamran – Mohabbat Aag Si Illyas Kashmiri – Mol Shahzad Kashmiri – Alvida Farooq Rind – Jugnoo |
| 2016 | Ehteshamuddin ‡ – Udaari | Saife Hassan ‡ – Sang-e-Mar Mar Haseeb Hassan † – Mann Mayal Illyas Kashmiri – Abro Farooq Rind – Gul-e-Rana Misbah Khalid – Pakeeza |
| 2017 | Tie: Ahson Talish † – Alif Allah Aur Insaan Tie: Kashif Nisar † – O Rangreza | Saife Hassan † – Sammi Illyas Kashmiri – Khamoshi Shahzad Kashmiri – Yaqeen Ka Safar Siraj-ul-Haque – Daldal |
| 2018 | Kashif Nisar ‡ – Dar Si Jaati Hai Sila | Saife Hassan – Belapur Ki Dayan Ahson Talish † – Suno Chanda Ahmed Kamran – Baandi Ahson Talish – Tabeer Danish Nawaz – Ishq Tamasha |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner drama serial | Nominated | Ref. |
| 2021 | Shahzad Kashmiri † – Parizaad | Kashif Nisar ‡ – Raqeeb Se Wajahat Rauf † – Raqs-e-Bismil Danish Nawaz – Chupke Chupke Syed Ali Raza Usama – Aakhir Kab Tak Farooq Rind † – Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay | |

## Multiple Wins

* Kashif Nisar – 2
* Ehteshamuddin – 2