1. Vivek Soni: This rising new filmmaker has wowed audiences with his recent digital film titled Meenakshi Sundareshwar which is a hit amongst viewers that starred Sanya Malhotra, Abhimanyu Dassani in leading roles. The film presented a completely fresh love story based on the married South Indian couple that lives apart due to their unique jobs and has a long-distance marriage and also has portrayed the comical situations and insanity which comes into play because of their extended families. Netizens have loved this film a lot and this film has an IMDB rating of 7.4.
2. Umesh Bist: This director has given netizens one of the most unexplored genres first-ever real and relatable black comedy film Pagglait that got released digitally a few months back starred Sanya Malhotra, Shruti Sharma, Sayani Gupta, and Nakul Roshan Sahdev in leading roles. This film’s storyline is about a young widow named Sandhya who is not even grieving and has a unique set of relatives that try in making her feel emotions but she doesn’t and the entire satirical style of comedy along with family drama is what made this director’s film so much loved that it got an IMDB rating of 6.9.
3. Vishnuvardhan: This maverick filmmaker has given one of the most loved and pathbreaking digital films to fans and netizens this year in form of Shershaah that was an epic biographical war drama film based on the life of Captain Vikram Batra and starring Sidharth Malhotra along with Kiara Advani in lead roles. This film has been loved by fans, critics, and netizens making it one of the most hit films digitally in 2021 and Vishnuvardhan has directed the film exceptionally. The film has an IMDB rating of 8.1.
4. Shoojit Sircar: This trailblazing Bollywood director has surprised the audiences and netizens this year by giving a well written and excellently helmed biopic film titled Sardar Udham which is based on the life of the revolutionary freedom warrior Sardar Udham Singh who took revenge for lives lost in Jallianwala Bagh Massacre from Michael Dwyer in London back in 1919. Starring Vicky Kaushal in the leading role, this film has yet again made fans and audiences love the director and his film so much. The film has an IMDB rating of 8.8.
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5. Vinil Mathew: This director who has given the iconic film Hasee Toh Phasee (2013), has surprised netizens and audiences with this hit and critically acclaimed romantic thriller film titled Haseen Dillruba which got released a few months back on a giant digital platform and has been receiving accolades and applauds from fans and audiences even now. Starring Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, and Harshvardhan Rane in leading roles, this intriguing and captivating story of a married woman that ends up being a prime suspect and gets alleged of killing her husband narrates an amazing story related to her marriage whilst police is aggressively trying to hunt her down have such strong performances from the star cast that everyone has loved this film a lot. The film has an IMDB rating of 6.9.