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Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue is presented for the Hindi film which has the most meaningful and humorous dialogues. It is awarded to the person who writes the dialogues for the film.

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Filmfare Award for Best DialogueFilmfare Award for Best Dialogue is presented by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards, to the person who writes and finalises the most excellent, eloquent and humorous dialogues in a Hindi film of the preceding year. The category of Best Dialogue was introduced in the awards in 1959, five years after their inception in 1954.

Prominent Records in Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
Eminent poet and lyricist Gulzar holds the record for most number of wins in the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue, having 4 wins under his belt. He is followed by Rahi Masoom Reza, Aditya Chopra and the duo of Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi, who all have won the award 3 times. Writers Rajinder Singh Bedi, Wajahat Mirza, Kader Khan, Akhtar ul Iman and Javed Akhtar have won the award twice. Dr. Achla Nagar is the only woman so far to have won this award.

Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue at 61st Filmfare Awards
The 61st edition of Filmfare Awards of 2016 recognised the film "Tanu Weds Manu Returns" of 2015 with the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue, for its catchy and humorous dialogues and their writer Himanshu Sharma was presented the award.

List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
The following list displays the winners of Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue from 1990 to 2016, and the respective films for which they wrote the dialogues and were awarded.

Year Winning Dialogue Writer Film
2016 Himanshu Sharma Tanu Weds Manu Returns
2015 Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi PK
2014 Subhash Kapoor Jolly LLB
2013 Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur
2012 Farhan Akhtar Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 Habib Faisal Do Dooni Chaar
2010 Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi 3 Idiots
2009 Manu Rishi Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2008 Imtiaz Ali Jab We Met
2007 Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2006 Prakash Jha Apaharan
2005 Aditya Chopra Veer-Zaara
2004 Abbas Tyrewala Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2003 Gulzar and Jaideep Sahni Saathiyaand Company
2002 Karan Johar Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 O. P. Dutta Refugee
2000 Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats Sarfarosh
1999 Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina China Gate
1998 Aditya Chopra Dil To Pagal Hai
1997 Gulzar Maachis
1996 Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqi Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 K. K. Singh Krantiveer
1994 Prof. Jay Dixit Sir
1993 Kader Khan Angaar
1992 Rahi Masoom Reza Lamhe
1991 Suraj Sanim Daddy
1990 Javed Akhtar Main Azaad Hoon



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