Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay

The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

Filmfare Award for Screenplay
Awarded for	Best Performance by a Screenplay Writer
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Nabendu Ghosh, Majhli Didi (1969)
Currently held by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra 12th Fail (2024)
Website	Filmfare Awards

Multiple Winners

Salim Khan (l) and Javed Akhtar (r), together as Salim–Javed and Rajkumar Hirani hold the record of maximum wins jointly with Basu Chatterjee and Rajkumar Hirani.

Wins	Recipient
3	Salim–Javed, Basu Chatterjee, Rajkumar Hirani
2	Vijay Tendulkar, Mani Ratnam, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Abhijat Joshi

Both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani won the award twice jointly.

List of winners

1960s

• 1969 Nabendu Ghosh – Majhli Didi

1970s

• 1970 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anokhi Raat
• 1971 Vijay Anand – Johny Mera Naam
• 1972 Basu Chatterjee – Sara Akash
• 1973 Arvind Mukherjee – Amar Prem
• 1974 Salim–Javed – Zanjeer
• 1975 Shama Zaidi, Kaifi Azmi – Garm Hava
• 1976 Salim–Javed – Deewaar
• 1977 Basu Chatterjee – Chhoti Si Baat
• 1978 Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur, Madhusudan Kalekar – Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye
• 1979 Kamleshwar – Pati Patni Aur Woh

1980s

• 1980 Girish Karnad, B.V. Karanth – Godhuli
• 1981 Vijay Tendulkar – Aakrosh
• 1982 K. Balachander – Ek Duuje Ke Liye
• 1983 Salim–Javed – Shakti
• 1984 Vijay Tendulkar – Ardh Satya
• 1985 Mrinal Sen – Khandhar
• 1986 Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee – Paar
• 1987 Not Awarded
• 1988 Not Awarded
• 1989 Nasir Hussain – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

1990s

• 1990 Shiv Kumar Subramaniam – Parinda
• 1991 Basu Chatterjee – Kamla Ki Maut
• 1992 Tapan Sinha – Ek Doctor Ki Maut
• 1993 Aziz Mirza, Manoj Lalwani – Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
• 1994 Robin Bhatt, Javed Siddiqui, Akash Khurana – Baazigar
• 1995 Sooraj R. Barjatya – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
• 1996 Aditya Chopra – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
• 1997 Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghatak: Lethal
• 1998 Subhash Ghai – Pardes
• 1999 Karan Johar – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

2000s

• 2000 John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh
• 2001 Honey Irani, Ravi Kapoor – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
• 2002 Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai
• 2003 Mani Ratnam – Saathiya
• 2004 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Lajan Joseph – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
• 2005 Mani Ratnam – Yuva
• 2006 Nina Arora, Manoj Tyagi – Page 3
• 2007 Jaideep Sahni – Khosla Ka Ghosla
• 2008 Anurag Basu – Life In A... Metro
• 2009 Yogendra Vinayak Joshi, Upendra Sidhaye – Mumbai Meri Jaan

2010s

• 2010 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots
• 2011 Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
• 2012 Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
• 2013 Sanjay Chauhan and Tigmanshu Dhulia – Paan Singh Tomar
• 2014 Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari – Kai Po Che!
• 2015 Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – PK
• 2016 Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku
• 2017 Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre - Kapoor & Sons
• 2018 Shubhashish Bhutiani - Mukti Bhawan
• 2019 Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao – Andhadhun
  • Anubhav Sinha – Mulk
  • Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar – Raazi
  • Nandita Das – Manto
  • Raj and DK – Stree

2020s

• 2020 Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti - Gully Boy
  • Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki - Article 15
  • Balwinder Singh Janjua - Saand Ki Aankh
  • Jagan Shakti, R Balki, Dharma, Nidhi Singh, Saket Kodiparthi - Mission Mangal
  • Manish Gupta, Ajay Bahl - Section 375
  • Sudip Sharma - Sonchiriya
• 2021 Rohena Gera - Sir
  • Anubhav Sinha, Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul - Thappad
  • Anurag Basu - Ludo
  • Kapil Sawant, Rajesh Krishnan -Lootcase
  • Prakash Kapadia, Om Raut -Tanhaji
• 2022 Shubendu Bhattacharya and Ritesh Shah – Sardar Udham
  • Aastha Tiku – Sherni
  • Aniruddha Guha – Rashmi Rocket
  • Dibakar Banerjee and Varun Grover – Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
  • Kabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and Vasan Bala – 83
  • Sandeep Shrivastava – Shershaah
• 2023 Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do
  • Aakash Kaushik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
  • Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh
  • Neeraj Yadav – An Action Hero
  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi
  • Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri – The Kashmir Files
• 2024 Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 12th Fail
  • Amit Rai – OMG 2
  • Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, Sumit Roy – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
  • Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Pranay Reddy Vanga, Suresh Bandaru – Animal
  • Shridhar Raghavan – Pathaan
  • Avinash Arun, Omkar Achyut Barve, Arpita Chatterjee – Three of Us