Filmfare Award for Best Story

The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story.

List of winners

1950s

1955 Mukhram Sharma – Aulad 1956 Mukhram Sharma – Vachan Manoranjan Ghose – Jagriti Rajinder Singh Bedi – Garam Coat 1957 Amiya Chakrabarty – Seema 1958 Akhtar Mirza – Naya Daur 1959 Mukhram Sharma – Sadhna Mukhram Sharma – Talaaq Ritwik Ghatak – Madhumati

1960s

1960 Subodh Ghosh – Sujata Dhruva Chatterjee – Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan Mukhram Sharma – Dhool Ka Phool 1961 Ruby Sen – Masoom Saghir Usmani – Chaudhvin Ka Chand Salil Chowdhury – Parakh 1962 C. V. Sridhar – Nazrana C. J. Pavri – Kanoon Mohan Kumar – Aas Ka Panchhi 1963 K.P. Kottarakara – Rakhi Bimal Mitra – Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Jawar N. Sitaraman – Main Chup Rahungi 1964 Jarasandha – Bandini B.R. Films (Story Dept.) – Gumrah C. V. Sridhar – Dil Ek Mandir 1965 Ban Bhatt – Dosti Inder Raj Anand – Sangam Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur Sapna 1966 Akhtar Mirza – Waqt Gulshan Nanda – Kaajal Ramanand Sagar – Arzoo 1967 R. K. Narayan – Guide Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anupama Nihar Ranjan Gupta – Mamta 1968 Manoj Kumar – Upkaar Ashapoorna Devi – Mehrban Protiva Bose – Aasra 1969 Sachin Bhowmick – Brahmachari Gulshan Nanda – Neel Kamal Ramanand Sagar – Aankhen

1970s 1970 Vasant Kanetkar – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Aashirwad Sachin Bhowmick – Aradhana 1971 Chandrakant Kakodkar – Do Raaste Gulshan Nanda – Khilona Sachin Bhowmick – Pehchan 1972 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anand Gulshan Nanda – Gulshan Nanda – Naya Zamana 1973 Basu Bhattacharya – Anubhav Manoj Kumar – Shor 1974 Salim–Javed – Zanjeer Gulzar – Koshish Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Achanak Mulraj Rajda – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar Shakti Samanta – Anuraag 1975 Kaifi Azmi, Ismat Chughtai – Garm Hava Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay – Kora Kagaz Manoj Kumar – Roti Kapda Aur Makaan N. T. Rama Rao – Bidaai Shyam Benegal – Ankur 1976 Salim–Javed – Deewaar Kamleshwar – Aandhi Salim–Javed – Sholay Shaktipada Rajguru – Amanush Vijay Tendulkar – Nishant 1977 Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay – Arjun Pandit Ashapoorna Devi – Tapasya Gulshan Nanda – Mehbooba Kamleshwar – Mausam Pamela Chopra – 1978 Sharat Chandra Chatterji – Swami Asrani – Chala Murari Hero Banne Bhusan Bangali – Kinara Raju Saigal – Doosra Aadmi Shanker Shesh – Gharaonda 1979 Dinesh Thakur – Ghar Chandrakant Kakodkar – Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki Laxmikant Sharma – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar Salim–Javed – Trishul Samaresh Basu – Kitaab

1980s 1980 Shanker Shesh – Dooriyaan K. Viswanath – Sargam Ruskin Bond – Junoon Sailesh Dey – Gol Maal Salim–Javed – Kaala Patthar 1981 Vijay Tendulkar – Aakrosh D. N. Mukherjee – Khubsoorat Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii Ram Kalkar – Aasha Shabd Kumar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu 1982 Chetan Anand – Kudrat Jaywant Dalvi – Chakra K. Balachander – Ek Duuje Ke Liye Leela Phansalkar – Baseraa Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad – Kalyug 1983 Samaresh Basu – Namkeen Achla Nagar – Nikaah Kamna Chandra – Prem Rog Sagar Sarhadi – Bazaar Salim–Javed – Shakti 1984 S. D. Panvalkar – Ardh Satya Balu Mahendra – Sadma Javed Akhtar – Betaab Mahesh Bhatt – Arth Mohan Kumar – Avtaar 1985 Mahesh Bhatt – Saaransh Gyav Dev Agnihotri – Ghar Ek Mandir Javed Akhtar – Mashaal Shabd Kumar – Aaj Ki Awaaz Sudhir Mishra – Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! 1986 Aleem Masroor – Tawaif C. T. Khanolkar – Ankahee Javed Akhtar – Arjun K. K. Singh – Ram Teri Ganga Maili Mahesh Bhatt – Janam Rajan Roy – Saaheb 1987 Not Awarded 1988 Not Awarded 1989 Subodh Ghosh – Ijaazat

1990s

1990 K. Vishwanath – Eeshwar Aditya Bhattacharya – Raakh J. P. Dutta – Batwara Joy Augustine – Goonj 1991 Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal 1992 Honey Irani – Lamhe Ramapada Chowdhury – Ek Doctor Ki Maut Sai Paranjpye – Disha Sujit Sen, Nana Patekar – Prahaar: The Final Attack 1993 Not Awarded 1994 Sutanu Gupta – Damini – Lightning 1995 K. K. Singh – Krantiveer 1996 Ram Gopal Varma – Rangeela 1997 Gulzar – Maachis 1998 Kamal Haasan – Virasat 1999 Mahesh Bhatt – Zakhm

2000s

2000 Vinay Shukla – Godmother 2001 Honey Irani – Kya Kehna 2002 Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan 2003 Jaideep Sahni – Company 2004 Nagesh Kukunoor – 3 Deewarein 2005 Yash Chopra– Veer-Zaara 2006 Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi 2007 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra – Lage Raho Munna Bhai Jaideep Sahni – Khosla Ka Ghosla Kamlesh Pandey – Rang De Basanti Karan Johar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Kersi Khambatta – Being Cyrus Mahesh Bhatt – Gangster 2008 Amol Gupte – Taare Zameen Par Jaideep Sahni – Chak De! India Mani Ratnam – Guru Rahul Dholakia, David N. Donihue – Parzania Vibha Singh – Dharm 2009 Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!! Aseem Arora – Heroes Dibakar Banerjee, Urmi Juvekar – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday Santosh Sivan – Tahaan

2010s

2010 Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Malhotra, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Sanjay Maurya – Gulaal Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal Jaideep Sahni – Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance 2011 Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan 2012 Sanjay Chauhan – I Am Kalam Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly Amol Gupte – Stanley Ka Dabba Rajat Arora – The Dirty Picture Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2013 Juhi Chaturvedi – Vicky Donor 2014 Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB 2015 Rajat Kapoor – Ankhon Dekhi Anurag Kashyap – Ugly Imtiaz Ali – Highway Nitin Kakkar – Filmistaan Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi – PK 2016 V. Vijayendra Prasad – Bajrangi Bhaijaan Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku Olivia Stewart – Titli R. Balki – Shamitabh Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay – Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! 2017 Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre Dhillon – Kapoor & Sons. 2018 Amit V Masurkar – Newton Amit Joshi – Trapped Rahul Dahiya – G Kutta Se Shanker Raman and Sourabh Ratnu – Gurgaon Shubhashish Bhutiani – Mukti Bhawan Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu 2019 Anubhav Sinha – Mulk Anudeep Singh – Mukkabaaz Raj and DK – Stree Sharat Katariya – Sui Dhaaga Akshat Ghildial, Shantanu Srivastava and Jyoti Kapoor – Badhaai Ho (Withdrawn)

2020s

2020 Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki – Article 15 Abhishek Chaubey, Sudip Sharma – Sonchiriya Jagan Shakti – Mission Mangal Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra – Chhichhore Vasan Bala – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti – Gully Boy 2021 Anubhav Sinha, Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul – Thappad Hardik Mehta – Kaamyaab Juhi Chaturvedi – Gulabo Sitabo Rajesh Krishnan, Kapil Sawant – Lootcase Rohena Gera – Sir Shubham – Eeb Allay Ooo! 2022 Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen and Tushar Paranjape – Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui Dibakar Banerjee and Varun Grover – Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar Kanika Dhillon – Haseen Dilruba Nandha Periyasamy – Rashmi Rocket Seema Pahwa – Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi 2023 Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do Anirudh Iyer – An Action Hero Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh Niren Bhatt – Bhediya Sunil Gandhi – Uunchai 2024 Amit Rai – OMG 2 Devashish Makhija – Joram Anubhav Sinha – Bheed Atlee – Jawan Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, Sumit Roy – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Parijat Joshi, Tarun Dudeja – Dhak Dhak Karan Shrikant Sharma – Satyaprem Ki Katha Siddharth Anand – Pathaan 2025 Aditya Dhar, Monal Thaakar – Article 370 Aakash Kaushik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Nikhil Nagesh Bhat – Kill Niren Bhatt – Stree 2 Dibakar Banerjee, Shubham, Prateek Vats – Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2

See also Cinema of India

References

External links Filmfare Awards Best Story Filmfare Awards Best Short Films