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
;Most Awards
- Salim-Javed – 3
- Basu Chatterjee – 3
- Rajkumar Hirani – 3
- Mani Ratnam – 2
- Vijay Tendulkar – 2
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 2
- Abhijat Joshi – 2
Note: Both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani won the award twice jointly.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 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 –
- 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
- * Balwinder Singh Janjua - Saand Ki Aankh
- * Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki - Article 15
- * Jagan Shakti, R Balki, Dharma, Nidhi Singh, Saket Kodiparthi - Mission Mangal
- * Manish Gupta, Ajay Bahl - Section 375
- * Sudip Sharma - Sonchiriya