Filmfare Award for Best Story

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

List of winners

1950s

• 1955 Mukhram Sharma – Aulad

• 1956 Rajinder Singh Bedi – Garam Coat
  • Manoranjan Ghose – Jagriti
  • Mukhram Sharma – Vachan

• 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
  • Shehar Aur Sapna – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

• 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 Razdan – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
  • Shakti Samanta – Anuraag

• 1975 Ishraq-Suja – 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
  • Shanker Shesh – Gharaonda
  • Raju Saigal – Doosra Aadmi

• 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
  • Salim-Javed – Kaala Patthar
  • Sailesh Dey – Gol Maal
  • Shyam Benegal – Junoon
  • Kasinadhuni Viswanath – Sargam

• 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 Duje 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. Palwalker – 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 no award given

• 1988 no award given

• 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 no award given

• 1994 Sutanu Gupta – Damini – Lightning

• 1995 Ishraq-Suja – 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 Aditya 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
  • 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
  • Nitin Kakkar - Filmistaan
  • Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi - PK
  • Anurag Kashyap - Ugly
  • Imtiaz Ali - Highway

See also

• Filmfare Award's
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

External links

• Filmfare Nominees and Winners
• Official site