Filmfare Award for Best Story

The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story.^[1]

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 – Kati Patang
  • 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 – Kabhi Kabhie
• 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)^[2]

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

See also

• Cinema of India

References

External links

• Filmfare Awards Best Story
• Filmfare Awards Best Short Films