i would say ramanad sagar is best director o bollywood.

his film ghunghat in60 was a big hit. and it also show his talent of directing.

zindagi64,arzoo 65,geet70 are his best movies of all time.all these films lead role played by rajendra kumar.great kumar.

ankhein is his most successful film. dharmendra is hero of the film.ramanand sagar won filmffare award for that film.

main thing is the music of his films.all of his films are great musicalls .

of all the directors in bollywood u find the freaking Ramand Sagar as the best director, just to throw some light beyong Ramanand Sagar and Rajendra Kumar , there are legendry adirectors in the list, please feel free to pick up any and they can go into the list of one of the Best directors

Guru Dutt

Shyam Benegal

Satyajit Ray

mani Ratnam

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sai Prajpai (I hope u know who she is)

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Ramesh Sippy

mistake of spellings .

the film neme of sparsh in above reply.

now there are many directors who are the best  right now i could remember on these names 

bimal roy

hrishikesh mukherji

basu chatterjee

manmohan desai

prakash mehra

sanjay leela bhansali

Yash chopra

Bimal roy

Raj kapoor

Bimal Roy

Shakti Samanta

Raj Kapoor

Mahesh Bhatt

Vikram Bhatt

Rituparno Ghosh

E.Niwas

Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra

Amir Khan

K.Murli Mohan Rao ( who directed Kya Yehi Pyar Hain )

BEST DIRECTOR SHOULD

RAKESH ROSHAN

AND

YASH CHOPRA

Shyam Benegal,Rakesh Mehra,Raj Kumar Hirani,Sooraj Barjatia

What about Ashutosh Gowariker ? His Lagaan has been included among the top films in the Oscar and his latest JODHA AKBAR's sets are preserved as tourist attraction.

                                    THIS IS A VERY INTERSTING DISCUSSION.OUR BOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY IS VERY GOOD AND VERY OLD AND HAS PRODUCED MANY A LEGEND.SO,IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO PICK ONE AS THE BEST DIRECTOR.ALSO TO DO THAT ONE HAS TO SEE A LOT OF MOVIES,BOTH GOOD&BAD,BOTH OLD&NEW,WHICH LUCKILY I HAVE.THIS POST IS QUITE LONG ,BUT PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AS YOU MIGHT COME TO KNOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT OUR GREAT BOLLYWOOD.BELOW I AM GIVING A LIST OF TOP TEN DIRECTORS OF BOLLYWOOD OF ALL TIMES IN ORDER FROM 10TH POSITION TO 1ST POSITION.CHECK OUT-

10] MANI RATNAM-HIS DIRECTION IS QUITE DIFFERENT AND QUITE UNIQUE.WHILE HIS ROJA&BOMBAY WERE VERY GOOD,HIS DIL SE WAS QUITE IRRITATING TO ME.NOW,IF WE CONSIDER HIS TAMIL FILMS ALSO HIS POSITION WOULD GO UP,BUT HERE WE ARE TALKING ONLY ABOUT BOLLYWOOD .REMEMBER.

9] RAJ KHOSLA-HE WAS A GREAT TO SAY IN FEW WORDS. THE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS THAT HE CHOOSE TO MAKE FILMS THAT WERE BOTH ENTERTAINING AND HAD SOMETHING NEW TO OFFER.JUST CHECK THE VARIETY-CID[A THRILLER],KALA PANI[DRAMA AND FABULOUS FILM],WOH KAUN TH&MERA SAAYA[AMONG THE BEST THRILLERS],DO BADAN[HEAVILY ROMANTIC],DO RAASTE &MAIN TULSI TERE AANGAN KI TO NAME FEW.

8] SHAKTI SAMANTA-HIS FILMS WERE NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING BUT ALSO CONTAINED A DEEP SOCIAL MESSAGE WITHIN IT.AND YES HIS SONG PICTURISATION WAS AWESOME.CAN YOU FORGET MERE SAPNON KI RANI[ARADHANA],DIL AISA KISINE [AMANUSH],CHINGARI KOI [AMAR PREM],TAARIF KAROON[KASHMIR KI KALI],ALSO HE GAVE US STARS LIKE HELEN,RAJESH KHANNA,SHARMILA TAGORE,MOSHUMI ETC.VERY EMOTIONAL FILMMAKER.BEST WORKS-ARADHANA,AMANUSH,ANURAAG,KASHMIR KI KALI ETC.

7] BASU CHATTERJEE-HIS FILMS PORTRAYED THE MIDDLE CLASS THE BEST AND HAVE A CHARM OF THEIR OWN.VERY CLEAN DIRECTION AND CUTE AND SOOTHING FILMS LIKE-CHOTI SI BAAT,RAJNIGANDHA,CHAMELI KI SHAADI,CHITCHOR ETC.

6] SATYEN BOSE-SOME OF YOU MIGHT FIND IT ODD,BUT HE DESRVES TO THERE.HIS FILMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER IN TREATMENT AND DIRECTION  AND ARE FABULOUS TO SAY IN ONE WORD.JUST CHECK OUT HIS FILMS-DOSTI[FIRST BOLLYWOOD FILM ON HANDICAPPED PEOPLE],CHALTI KA NAAM GAADI[FIRST COMEDY IN BOLLYWOOD],RAAT AUR DIN[FIRST BOLLYWOOD FILM ON SPLIT PERSONA],JAGRITI[ BEAUTIFUL DEPICTION OF STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIP],AANSOO BAN GAYE PHOOL AND JEEVAN MRITYU.JUST SEE YOURSELF AND YOU WILL YOURSELF FIND HOW SATYEN DID NOT GET HIS DUE.

5] B.R.CHOPRA-HIS FILMS ALWAYS CARRIED  BEAUTIFUL SOCIAL THEMES.HE WAS A DIRECTOR PAR EXCELLENCE.BEST WORKS INCLUDE-KANOON[FAB COUTR-ROOM DRAMA],GUMRAH[BRILLIANT],NIKAAH[FAB],NAYA DAUR,EK HI RAASTA,SADHANA[ALL THREE FAB] TO NAME A FEW.HIS VARIETY IS UMMATCHED.

4] VIJAY ANAND-HE WAS A VERY VERSATILE DIRECTOR. CAN ANYONE FORGET GUIDE,JEWEL THIEF,TEESRI MANZIL,KALA BAZAAR,JOHNY MERA NAAM,BLACKMAIL ETC.ALSO HIS SONG PICTURISATION IS AWESOME.JUST SEE PAL BHAR KE LIYE[JOHNY MERA NAAM],TITLE TRACK[TERE GHAR KE SAMNE],PAL PAL [BLACKMAIL] ETC.BRILLIANT IN ONE WORD.

3] GURU DUTT-WHAT CAN ONE SAY ABOUT HIM.FROM AAR PAR TO ROMANTIC MR&MRS.55 TO THRILLER JAAL,HE IS UNMATCHED.HIS FIRST FILM BAAZI STARTED THE TREND OF THRILLERS IN INDIA.AND ABOVE ALL THE HEART-WRENCHING PYAASA AND KAAGAZ KE PHOOL.NOT TO FORGET HE WAS A TOP ACTOR ALSO.

2] HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE-HIS WORK JUST SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF.HIS QUALITY&QUANTITY BOTH IS AWESOME.46 FILMS IN TOTAL AND MOST OF THEM CLASSICS.VARIED THEMES,BRILLIANT DIRECTION-HRISHIDA IS JUST MAJESTIC.BEST WORKS-ANAND,GUDDI,CHUPKE CHUPKE,GOLMAAL,ABHIMAAN,KHOOBSURAT,NAMAK HARAAM,AASHIRWAD,ANUPAMA,ANARI,ANURADHA ETC.

1] BIMAL ROY-HIS 7 FILMFARE AWARDS FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A JUST A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS,WINNING THE AWARD THRICE IN A SUCCESSION TWICE AND THAT TOO WHEN THE INDUSTRY WAS FULL OF GREATS LIKE MEHBOOB KHAN,GURU GUTT,RAJ KAPOOR ETC IS ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ONE WHY HE DESRVES THE TOP PLACE.HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW DIFFERENT FILMS NEED DIFFERENT DIRECTION.BE IT DO BIGHA ZAMEEN WHICH STARTED THE TREND OF HATKE COMMERCIAL TO MADHUMATI-WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO REBIRTH SAGA IN HINDI FILMS,HE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HIS DEVDAS,PARINEETA AND BIRAJ BAHU MADE SARAT CHANDRA THE MOST POPUKAR WRITER IN INDIA.HIS SONG PICTURISATION IS GREAT TOO.JALTA HAI JISKE LIYE[SUJATA]-WHOLE SONG PICTURISED ON SUNIL DUTT SINGING TO NUTAN ON A TELEPHONE,SUHANA SAFAR[MADHUMATI],YEH MERA DEEWANAPAN[YAHUDI] ETC.BEST WORKS-DO BIGHA ZAMEEN.DEVDAS,MADHUMATI,SUJATA,BANDINI,PARAKH,YAHUDI ETC.

                      I FELT VERY SAD ON OMITTING THE NAMES OF GULZAR, V.SHANTARAM,MEHBOOB KHAN,RAJ KAPOOR,CHETAN ANAND,A.BHIM SINGH,M.SADIQ,RAMANAND SAGAR,PRAKASH MEHRA.SUBODH MUKERJEE,BASU BHATTACHARYYA,YASH CHOPRA,MAHESH BHATT,NASIR HUSSAIN,PRAMAOD CHAKRAVORTY,DULAAL GUHA,ASIT SEN,MANMOHAN DESAI,BRIJ,NITIN BOSE,GYAN MUKHRJEE,L.V.PRASAD,T.PRAKASH,SUBBA RAO,S.U.SUNNY,DEVAKI BOSE,K.ASIF,AMIYA CHAKRABORTY,MONI BHATTACHARYYA,VIJAY BHATT,VIKRAM BHATT,J.OMPRAKASH,RAKESH ROSHAN,HIREN NAG,KARAN JOHAR,ADITYA CHOPRA,FARHAN AKHTAR,SOORAJ BARJATYA,SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI AND MANY MORE. BUT THEN THERE WAS SPACE ONLY FOR TEN. ALSO THE LIST IS COMPLETELY MY OPINION ONLY.

NOTE: THESE ARE THE BEST DIRECTORS OF BOLLYWOOD ONLY.IF WE CONSIDER WHOLE INDIA,THEN SATYAJIT RAY WILL TOP THE LIST FOLLOWED BU MRINAL SEN,ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN,TAPAN SINHA,RITWIK GHATAK AND THE LIST WILL CHANGE RADICALLY.   

Dev very well article.  

 But u canot drop Ramanad Sagar from the list of Top Ten.