The glitzy Filmfare Awards were introduced by the Filmfare Magazine in the year 1954. The awards are one of the prestigious and oldest award ceremonies in Bollywood. A screenplay (or script) is a written work specially created to make a film. Therefore, the writer who writes scripts for films needs to be acknowledged for his or her talent. The best screenplay award was introduced in 1969 and the first person to bag this award was Nabendu Ghosh for the film ‘Majli Didi’.

Filmfare Award Winners For Best Screenplay Were:

Year
Winner
Film
2010
Rajkumar Hirani ,Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Abhijat Joshi
3 Idiots
2009
Yogesh Vinayak Joshi & Upendra Sidhaye
Mumbai Meri Jaan
2008
Anurag Basu
Life In A Metro
2007
Jaideep Sahni
Khosla Ka Ghosla
2006
Nina Arora & Manoj Tyagi
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2005
Mani Ratnam
Yuva
2004
Rajkumar Hirani, Lajan Joseph & Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
2003
Mani Ratnam
Saathiya
2002
Farhan Akhtar
Dil Chahta Hai
2001
Honey Irani & Ravi Kapoor
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
2000
John Matthew Matthan
Sarfarosh
1999
Karan Johar
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998
Subhash Ghai
Pardes
1997
Rajkumar Santoshi
Ghatak: Lethal
1996
Aditya Chopra
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995
Sooray Barjatya
Hum Aapke Hain Koun
1994
Robin Bhatt, Javed Siddiqui & Akash Khurana
Baazigar
1993
Manoj Lalwani & Aziz Mirza
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
1992
Tapan Sinha
Ek Doctor Ki Maut
1991
Basu Chatterjee
Kamla Ki Maut
1990
Shivkumar Subhramaniam
Parinda
1989
Nasir Hussain
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
1986
Goutam Ghose & Partho Mukherjee
Paar
1985
Mrinal Sen
Khandhar
1984
Vijay Tendulkar
Ardh Satya
1983
Salim
Javed Shakti
1982
K. Balachander
Ek Duje Ke Liye
1981
Vijay Tendulkar
Aakrosh
1980
Girish Karnad, B.V. Karanth
Godhuli
1979
Kamleshwar
Pati Patni Aur Woh
1978
Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Gaur & Madhusudan Kalekar
Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye
1977
Sagar Sarhadi
Kabhie Kabhie
1976
Salim
Javed Deewaar
1975
Shama Zaidi, Kaifi Azmi
Garam Hawa
1974
Salim
Javed Zanjeer
1973
Arabinda Mukhurjee
Amar Prem
1972
Basu Chatterjee
Sara Akash
1971
Vijay Anand
Johnny Mera Naam
1970
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Anokhi Raat
1969
Nabendu Ghosh
Majli Didi