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Filmfare Award for Best Story
Filmfare Award for Best Story is presented by Filmfare to recognise the writer who pens the strongest and most sublime story of a Hindi Film.

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Filmfare Award for Best StoryThe Filmfare Award for Best Story is awarded by Filmfare in its annual Filmfare Awards to the writer who crafts and develops the most appreciable story, which leaves an impression in the minds of the viewers when showcased in a Hindi motion picture of the preceding year. The category was introduced in the Filmfare Awards in 1955, a year after their inception.

Filmfare Award for Best Story at 61st Filmfare Awards
The 61st edition of Filmfare Awards held in January 2016 recognised 5 incredibly well-structured stories of Hindi films of 2015 for Filmfare Award for Best Story. The nominated writers of these stories included K. V. Vijayendra Prasad for "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay for "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!", Olivia Stewart for "Titli", R. Balki for "Shamitabh" and Juhi Chaturvedi for "Piku".

The award was presented to K. V. Vijayendra Prasad for the heart warming story of "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", a comedy drama featuring Salman Khan and Harshaali Malhotra in the lead roles. Salman Khan plays an ardent Hanuman devotee who embarks on taking a 6-year old mute Pakistani girl played by Harshaali Malhotra, back to her hometown in Pakistan, without any Indian passport or visa for Pakistan, after she gets separated from her parents in India and is left stranded and helpless.

List of Winners of Filmfare Award for Best Story
The list hereunder highlights the winning writers of Filmfare Award for Best Story, for the years 1990 to 2016.

Year Winning Writer Film
2016 K. V. Vijayendra Prasad Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 Rajat Kapoor Ankhon Dekhi
2014 Subhash Kapoor Jolly LLB
2013 Juhi Chaturvedi Vicky Donor
2012 Sanjay Chauhan I Am Kalam
2011 Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane Udaan
2010 Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani 3 Idiots
2009 Abhishek Kapoor Rock On!!
2008 Amol Gupte Taare Zameen Par
2007 Vidhu Vinod Chopra& Rajkumar Hirani Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2006 Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain & Shiv Kumar Subramaniam Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
2005 Aditya Chopra Veer-Zaara
2004 Nagesh Kukunoor 3 Deewarein
2003 Jaideep Sahni Company
2002 Ashutosh Gowariker Lagaan
2001 Honey Irani Kya Kehna
2000 Vinay Shukla Godmother
1999 Mahesh Bhatt Zakhm
1998 Kamal Haasan Virasat
1997 Gulzar Maachis
1996 Ram Gopal Varma Rangeela
1995 Ishraq-Suja Krantiveer
1994 Sutanu Gupta Damini
1993 Not Awarded
1992 Honey Irani Lamhe
1991 Rajkumar Santoshi Ghayal
1990 K. Vishwanath Eeshwar



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