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.

Superlatives

Salim Khan (l) and Javed Akhtar (r), together as Salim-Javed and Rajkumar Hirani hold the record of maximum wins in this category.

Most Awards

• Salim-Javed – 3
• Basu Chatterjee – 3
• Rajkumar Hirani – 3
• Mani Ratnam – 2
• Vijay Tendulkar – 2
• Rajkumar Hirani – 2
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 2
• Abhijat Joshi – 2

Note: 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 Duje Ke Liye
• 1983 Salim-Javed – Shakti
• 1984 Vijay Tendulkar – Ardh Satya
• 1985 Mrinal Sen – Khandhar
• 1986 Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee – Paar
• 1987 no award given
• 1988 no award given
• 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
  • Anurag Basu – Gangster
  • Homi Adajania, Kersi Khambatta – Being Cyrus
  • Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra – Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  • Rensil D'Silva, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti
• 2008 Anurag Basu – Life In A... Metro
  • Amol Gupte – Taare Zameen Par
  • Jaideep Sahni – Chak De! India
  • Rahul Dholakia, David N. Donihue – Parzania
  • Sriram Raghavan – Johnny Gaddaar
• 2009 Yogendra Vinayak Joshi, Upendra Sidhaye – Mumbai Meri Jaan
  • Abbas Tyrewala – Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
  • Abhishek Kapoor, Pubali Chaudhary – Rock On!!
  • Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari, Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
  • Shiraz Ahmed – Race

2010s

• 2010 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots
  • Love Aaj Kal – Love Aaj Kal
  • Pankaj Advani – Sankat City
  • R. Balki – Paa
  • Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance
• 2011 Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
• 2012 Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
  • Amol Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba
  • Raj Kumar Gupta – No One Killed Jessica
  • Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
  • Sanjay Chauhan, Tigmanshu Dhulia – Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster
• 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

See also

• Filmfare Award
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India