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 – 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 –

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 –

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