The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Multiple Winners
+WinsRecipient3Salim–Javed, Basu Chatterjee, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra2Vijay Tendulkar, Mani Ratnam, Abhijat Joshi
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 Kalelkar – 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 2025 Sneha Desai – Laapataa Ladies Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Arjun Dhawan, Monal Thaakar – Article 370 Niren Bhatt – Stree 2 Nikhil Nagesh Bhat – Kill Kunal Kemmu – Madgaon Express
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