Filmfare Award for Best Story

Filmfare Award for Best Story
Awarded for	Best Performance by a Story Writer
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First award	Mukhram Sharma, Aulad (1955)
Currently held by	Aditya Dhar, Monal Thaakar Article 370 (2025)
Website	Filmfare Awards

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
• 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

1. "Best Story Official listings". Indiatimes, Filmfare Awards. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
2. "Badhaai Ho director Amit Sharma supports film's writers for withdrawing names from Filmfare Awards". India Today. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

External links

• Filmfare Awards Best Story
• Filmfare Awards Best Short Films