Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay

Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (1960s & 1970s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
16th	1969	Nabendu Ghosh	Majhli Didi
17th	1970	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Anokhi Raat
18th	1971	Vijay Anand	Johny Mera Naam
19th	1972	Basu Chatterjee	Sara Akash
20th	1973	Arvind Mukherjee	Amar Prem
21st	1974	Salim-Javed	Zanjeer
22nd	1975	Kaifi Azmi	Garm Hava
		Shama Zaidi
23rd	1976	Salim–Javed	Deewaar
24th	1977	Basu Chatterjee	Chhoti Si Baat
25th	1978	Lekh Tandon	Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye

Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (1980s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
27th	1980	Girish Karnad,	Godhuli
		B.V. Karanth
28th	1981	Vijay Tendulkar	Aakrosh
29th	1982	K. Balachander	Ek Duuje Ke Liye
30th	1983	Salim-Javed	Shakti
31st	1984	Vijay Tendulkar	Ardh Satya
32nd	1985	Mrinal Sen	Khandhar
33rd	1986	Goutam Ghose	Paar
		Partha Banerjee
	1987	No Award Ceremony
	1988	No Award Ceremony
35th	1989	Nasir Hussain	Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (1990s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
35th	1990	Shiv Kumar Subramaniam	Parinda
36th	1991	Basu Chatterjee	Kamla Ki Maut
37th	1992	Tapan Sinha	Ek Doctor Ki Maut
38th	1993	Aziz Mirza	Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
		Manoj Lalwani
39th	1994	Robin Bhatt	Baazigar
		Javed Siddiqui
		Khurana
40th	1995	Sooraj R. Barjatya	Hum Aapke Hain Koun
41st	1996	Aditya Chopra	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
42nd	1997	Rajkumar Santoshi	Ghatak: Lethal
43rd	1998	Subhash Ghai	Pardes
44th	1999	Karan Johar	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (2000s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
45th	2000	John Matthew Matthan	Sarfarosh
46th	2001	Honey Irani	Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
		Ravi Kapoor
47th	2002	Farhan Akhtar	Dil Chahta Hai
48th	2003	Mani Ratnam	Saathiya
49th	2004	Rajkumar Hirani	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
		Vidhu Vinod Chopra
		Lajan Joseph
50th	2005	Mani Ratnam	Yuva
51st	2006	Nina Arora	Page 3
		Manoj Tyagi
52nd	2007	Jaideep Sahni	Khosla Ka Ghosla
53rd	2008	Anurag Basu	Life In A... Metro
54th	2009	Yogendra Vinayak Joshi	Mumbai Meri Jaan
		Upendra Sidhaye

Nominees and Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (2010s)

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Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
55th	2010	+Rajkumar Hirani	3 Idiots
		+Vidhu Vinod Chopra
		+Abhijat Joshi
56th	2011	+Anurag Kashyap	Udaan
		+Vikramaditya Motwane
57th	2012	+Akshat Verma	Delhi Belly
58th	2013	+Tigmanshu Dhulia	Paan Singh Tomar
		+Sanjay Chauhan
59th	2014	+Chetan Bhagat	Kai Po Che
		+Abhishek Kapoor
		+Supratik Sen
		+Pubali Chaudhari
60th	2015	+Rajkumar Hirani	PK
		+Abhijat Joshi
61st	2016	+Juhi Chaturvedi	Piku
62nd	2017	+Shakun Batra	Kapoor & Sons
		+Ayesha Devitre
63rd	2018	+Shubhashish Bhutiani	Mukti Bhawan
64th	2019	+Sriram Raghavan	Andhadhun
		+Arijit Biswas
		+Pooja Ladha Surti
		+Yogesh Chandekar
		Hemanth Rao
		Anubhav Sinha	Mulk
		Meghna Gulzar	Raazi
		Bhavani Iyer
		Nandita Das	Manto
		Raj and DK	Stree
65th	2020	Zoya Akhtar	Gully Boy
		Reema Kagti
		Anubhav Sinha	Article 15
		Gaurav Solanki
		Balwinder Singh Janjua	Saand Ki Aankh
		R Balki	Mission Mangal
		Jagan Shakti
		Dharma
		Nidhi Singh
		Saket Kodiparthi
		Mangal Manish Gupta	Section 375
		Ajay Bahl
		Sudip Sharma	Sonchiriya

Nominees and Winners of Filfmare ward for Best Screenplay (2020s)

+ Indicates winner(s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Screenplay	Film
65th	2020	+Zoya Akhtar	Gully Boy
		+Reema Kagti
		Anubhav Sinha	Article 15
		Gaurav Solanki
		Balwinder Singh Janjua	Saand Ki Aankh
		R Balki	Mission Mangal
		Jagan Shakti
		Dharma
		Nidhi Singh
		Saket Kodiparthi
		Mangal Manish Gupta	Section 375
		Ajay Bahl
		Sudip Sharma	Sonchiriya
66th	2021	+Rohena Gera	Sir
		Abhinav Sinha	Thappad
		Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul
		Kapil Sawant	Lootcase
		Rajesh Krishnan
		Prakash Kapadia	Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
		Om Raut
		Anurag Basu	Ludo