Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay

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==