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.

List of winners

1950s

1955 Mukhram Sharma – Aulad1956 Mukhram Sharma – Vachan

* Manoranjan Ghose – Jagriti
* Rajinder Singh Bedi – Garam Coat1957 Amiya Chakrabarty – Seema1958 Akhtar Mirza – Naya Daur1959 Mukhram Sharma – Sadhna
* Mukhram Sharma – Talaaq
* Ritwik Ghatak – ''Madhumati''

1960s

1960 Subodh Ghosh – Sujata

* Dhruva Chatterjee – Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

* Mukhram Sharma – Dhool Ka Phool1961 Ruby Sen – Masoom
* Saghir Usmani – Chaudhvin Ka Chand
* Salil Chowdhury – Parakh1962 C. V. Sridhar – Nazrana
* C. J. Pavri – Kanoon
* Mohan Kumar – Aas Ka Panchhi1963 K.P. Kottarakara – Rakhi
* Bimal Mitra – Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
* Jawar N. Sitaraman – Main Chup Rahungi1964 Jarasandha – Bandini
* B.R. Films – Gumrah
* C. V. Sridhar – Dil Ek Mandir1965 Ban Bhatt – Dosti
* Inder Raj Anand – Sangam
*Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Shehar Aur Sapna1966 Akhtar Mirza – Waqt
* Gulshan Nanda – Kaajal
* Ramanand Sagar – Arzoo1967 R. K. Narayan – Guide
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anupama
* Nihar Ranjan Gupta – Mamta1968 Manoj Kumar – Upkaar
* Ashapoorna Devi – Mehrban
* Protiva Bose – Aasra1969 Sachin Bhowmick – Brahmachari
* Gulshan Nanda – Neel Kamal
* Ramanand Sagar – ''Aankhen''

1970s

1970 Vasant Kanetkar – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool

* Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Aashirwad

* Sachin Bhowmick – Aradhana1971 Chandrakant Kakodkar – Do Raaste
* Gulshan Nanda – Khilona
* Sachin Bhowmick – Pehchan1972 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anand
* Gulshan Nanda – Kati Patang
* Gulshan Nanda – Naya Zamana1973 Basu Bhattacharya – Anubhav
* Manoj Kumar – Shor1974 Salim–Javed – Zanjeer
* Gulzar – Koshish
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Achanak
* Mulraj Rajda – Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
* Shakti Samanta – Anuraag1975 Kaifi Azmi, Ismat Chughtai – Garm Hava
* Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay – Kora Kagaz
* Manoj Kumar – Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
* N. T. Rama Rao – Bidaai
* Shyam Benegal – Ankur1976 Salim–Javed – Deewaar
* Kamleshwar – Aandhi
* Salim–Javed – Sholay
* Shaktipada Rajguru – Amanush
* Vijay Tendulkar – Nishant1977 Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay – Arjun Pandit
* Ashapoorna Devi – Tapasya
* Gulshan Nanda – Mehbooba
* Kamleshwar – Mausam
* Pamela Chopra – Kabhie Kabhie 1978 Sharat Chandra Chatterji – Swami
* Asrani – Chala Murari Hero Banne
* Bhusan Bangali – Kinara
* Raju Saigal – Doosra Aadmi
* Shanker Shesh – Gharaonda1979 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 Patthar1981 Vijay Tendulkar – Aakrosh
* D. N. Mukherjee – Khubsoorat
* Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii
* Ram Kalkar – Aasha
* Shabd Kumar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu1982 Chetan Anand – Kudrat
* Jaywant Dalvi – Chakra
* K. Balachander – Ek Duuje Ke Liye
* Leela Phansalkar – Baseraa
* Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad – Kalyug1983 Samaresh Basu – Namkeen
* Achla Nagar – Nikaah
* Kamna Chandra – Prem Rog
* Sagar Sarhadi – Bazaar
* Salim–Javed – Shakti1984 S. D. Panvalkar – Ardh Satya
* Balu Mahendra – Sadma
* Javed Akhtar – Betaab
* Mahesh Bhatt – Arth
* Mohan Kumar – Avtaar1985 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 – Saaheb1987 Not Awarded1988 Not Awarded'1989 Subodh Ghosh – Ijaazat'''''

1990s

1990 K. Vishwanath – Eeshwar

* Aditya Bhattacharya – Raakh
* J. P. Dutta – Batwara

* Joy Augustine – Goonj1991 Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghayal1992 Honey Irani – Lamhe
* Ramapada Chowdhury – Ek Doctor Ki Maut
* Sai Paranjpye – Disha
* Sujit Sen, Nana Patekar – Prahaar: The Final Attack1993 Not Awarded1994 Sutanu Gupta – Damini – Lightning1995 K. K. Singh – Krantiveer1996 Ram Gopal Varma – Rangeela1997 Gulzar – Maachis1998 Kamal Haasan – Virasat'1999 Mahesh Bhatt – Zakhm'''''

2000s

2000 Vinay Shukla – Godmother2001 Honey Irani – Kya Kehna2002 Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan2003 Jaideep Sahni – Company2004 Nagesh Kukunoor – 3 Deewarein2005 Yash Chopra– Veer-Zaara2006 Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi2007 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 – Gangster2008 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 Chance2011 Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan2012 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 Dobara2013 Juhi Chaturvedi – Vicky Donor2014 Subhash Kapoor – Jolly LLB2015 Rajat Kapoor – Ankhon Dekhi
*Anurag Kashyap – Ugly
*Imtiaz Ali – Highway
* Nitin Kakkar – Filmistaan
*Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi – PK2016 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 Sulu2019 Anubhav Sinha – Mulk
* Anudeep Singh – Mukkabaaz
* Raj and DK – Stree
* Sharat Katariya – Sui Dhaaga
* Akshat Ghildial, Shantanu Srivastava and Jyoti Kapoor – Badhaai Ho ''''''''''

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 Boy2021 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 Tehrvi2023 Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do
* Anirudh Iyer – An Action Hero
* Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh
* Niren Bhatt – Bhediya
* Sunil Gandhi – Uunchai2024 Amit Rai – OMG 2Devashish 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''