# 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.

## Multiple Winners

| 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