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Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
Annual award for Hindi films
Summary
Annual award for Hindi films
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist |
| awarded_for | Best Performance by a Lyricist |
| presenter | Filmfare |
| country | India |
| year | Shailendra, |
| "Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hain" | |
| Yahudi (1959) | |
| holder | Prashant Pandey |
| "Sajni" | |
| Laapataa Ladies (2025) | |
| website | Filmfare Awards |
"Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hain" Yahudi (1959) "Sajni" Laapataa Ladies (2025) The Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist is given by the Filmfare magazine since 1959 as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Lyricist |
|---|---|
| Most awards | Gulzar |
| Most nominations | Anand Bakshi |
| Most nominations in a single year | Javed Akhtar (2005) |
| Most nominations without ever winning a single award | Anjaan |
- Gulzar holds the record for the most wins in this category, with 13 awards, followed by Javed Akhtar with 8, and Anand Bakshi and Amitabh Bhattacharya with 4.
- Five lyricists have won the award three times each: Shakeel Badayuni, Shailendra, Sameer, Prasoon Joshi, and Irshad Kamil. Shakeel Badayuni holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having received the award in three successive years (1961–1963).
- In 2005, Javed Akhtar became the only lyricist to receive all five nominations in a single year, ultimately winning for the song "Tere Liye" from Veer-Zaara. This set the record for the most nominations by a lyricist in a single year, surpassing Anand Bakshi, who had received four of the five nominations in 1981.
- Anand Bakshi was nominated for 13 consecutive years, from 1970 to 1982, accumulating a total of 23 nominations. Despite his consistent presence, he secured only two wins during this period. In 1981, all four of his nominations lost to Gulzar, and in 1998, all three of his nominations lost to Javed Akhtar.
- Shailendra was the first recipient of the award in 1959. The 1960s were dominated by Shakeel Badayuni, who won three times. Verma Malik received two awards in the 1970s. Gulzar was the most awarded lyricist in the 1980s, with four wins. In the 1990s, Sameer and Javed Akhtar won three times each. Javed Akhtar continued his dominance in the 2000s with five wins. In the 2010s, Irshad Kamil and Gulzar both secured three awards each.
- As of 2022, only five women have been nominated for the Best Lyricist award. The first female nominee was Preeti Sagar in 1978, for the song "Mero Gaam Katha Parey" from Manthan. Rashmi Singh became the first woman to win the award, in 2015, for "Muskurane Ki Wajah" from CityLights.
- Kausar Munir became the second female lyricist to win, for the song "Lehra Do" from 83 in 2022. She is also the only female lyricist to receive multiple nominations, including multiple nominations in a single year. Of the total nine nominations ever received by female lyricists, five belong to Munir.
- Other female nominees include Rani Malik, nominated in 1991 for "Dheere Dheere" from Aashiqui, and Anvita Dutt, nominated in 2016 for "Gulaabo" from Shaandaar.
Multiple wins
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 13 | Gulzar |
| 8 | Javed Akhtar |
| 4 | Anand Bakshi, Amitabh Bhattacharya |
| 3 | Shakeel Badayuni, Shailendra, Sameer, Prasoon Joshi, Irshad Kamil |
| 2 | Hasrat Jaipuri, Verma Malik, Gulshan Kumar Mehta, Sahir Ludhianvi, Santosh Anand |
Multiple nominations
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 41 | Anand Bakshi |
| 36 | Gulzar |
| 27 | Javed Akhtar |
| 17 | Sameer |
| 14 | Amitabh Bhattacharya |
| 9 | Sahir Ludhianvi, Irshad Kamil |
| 8 | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 7 | Prasoon Joshi |
| 6 | Shakeel Badayuni, Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Anjaan |
| 5 | Santosh Anand, Indeevar, Kausar Munir |
| 4 | Hasan Kamal, Mehboob, Swanand Kirkire |
| 3 | Neeraj, Gulshan Kumar Mehta, Dev Kohli, Niranjan Iyengar, Vishal Dadlani |
| 2 | Verma Malik, Saawan Kumar Tak, Prakash Mehra, Ravindra Jain, Sudhakar Sharma, Faaiz Anwar |
Winners and nominees
1950s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shailendra † | "Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hain" | *Yahudi* | ||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Aurat Ne Janam Diya" | Sadhna | ||||
| Shailendra | "Meri Jaan" | Yahudi |
1960s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shailendra † | "Sab Kuchh Seekha Hum Ne" | *Anari* | ||||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" | Sujata | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Tu Hindu Banega" | Dhool Ka Phool | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni † | "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" | *Chaudhvin Ka Chand* | ||||||||||||||
| Shailendra | "Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai" | Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni | "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya" | Mughal-e-Azam | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni † | "Husn Wale Tera" | *Gharana* | ||||||||||||||
| Hasrat Jaipuri | "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat" | Sasural | ||||||||||||||
| Shailendra | "Hothon Pe Sacchai" | Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni † | "Kahin Deep Jale" | *Bees Saal Baad* | ||||||||||||||
| Hasrat Jaipuri | "Ae Gulbadan" | Professor | ||||||||||||||
| Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | "Aapki Nazrone" | Anpadh | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi † | "Jo Waada Kiya" | *Taj Mahal* | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Chalo Ek Bar Phir Se" | Gumrah | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni | "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri" | Mere Mehboob | ||||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri † | "Chahunga Main Tujhe" | *Dosti* | ||||||||||||||
| Bharat Vyas | "Jyot Se Jyot Jagate Chalo" | Sant Gyaneshwar | ||||||||||||||
| Shailendra | "Dost Dost Na Raha" | Sangam | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Rajendra Krishan † | "Tumhi Mere Mandir" | *Khandan* | |||||||||||
| Hasrat Jaipuri | "Aji Rooth Kar Ab Kahan" | Arzoo | ||||||||||||||
| Indeevar | "Ek Tu Na Mila" | Himalay Ki God Mein | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Hasrat Jaipuri † | "Baharon Phool Barsao" | *Suraj* | |||||||||||
| Shailendra | "Sajan Re Jhoot" | Teesri Kasam | ||||||||||||||
| Shakeel Badayuni | "Naseeb Me Jiske" | Do Badan | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Gulshan Kumar Mehta † | "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" | *Upkar* | |||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Sawan Ka Mahina" | Milan | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Neele Gagan Ke Tale" | Hamraaz | ||||||||||||||
| Shailendra † | "Main Gaoon Tum" | *Brahmachari* | ||||||||||||||
| Hasrat Jaipuri | "Dil Ke Jharoke Mein" | Brahmachari | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Milti Hai Zindagi Mein" | Ankhen |
1970s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neeraj † | "Kaal Ka Pahiya" | *Chanda Aur Bijli* | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Kora Kagaz Tha" | Aradhana | ||||||||||||||
| "Badi Mastani Hai" | Jeene Ki Raah | |||||||||||||||
| – | Verma Malik † | "Sabse Bada Nadaan" | *Pehchan* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Bindiya Chamkegi" | Do Raaste | ||||||||||||||
| Neeraj | "Bas Yehi Apradh" | Pehchan | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Hasrat Jaipuri † | "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" | *Andaz* | |||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Na Koi Umang Hai" | Kati Patang | ||||||||||||||
| Neeraj | "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo" | Mera Naam Joker | ||||||||||||||
| – | Verma Malik † | "Jai Bolo Be-Imaan Ki" | *Be-Imaan* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Chingari Koi Bhadke" | Amar Prem | ||||||||||||||
| Santosh Anand | "Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hain" | Shor | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Gulshan Kumar Mehta † | "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" | *Zanjeer* | |||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" | Bobby | ||||||||||||||
| "Main Shayar To Nahin" | ||||||||||||||||
| Indeevar | "Samjhauta Ghamose Kar Lo" | Samjhauta | ||||||||||||||
| Vitthalbhai Patel | "Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate" | Bobby | ||||||||||||||
| – | Santosh Anand † | "Main Na Bhooloonga" | *Roti Kapada Aur Makaan* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai" | Dost | ||||||||||||||
| Indeevar | "Behnane Bhai Ki Kalai" | Resham Ki Dori | ||||||||||||||
| M. G. Hashmat | "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz" | Kora Kagaz | ||||||||||||||
| Santosh Anand | "Aur Nahi Bus Aur Nahin" | Roti Kapda Aur Makaan | ||||||||||||||
| {{border | style=solid | color=gold}} | Indeevar † | "Dil Aisa Kisi" | *Amanush* | |||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Aayegi Zaroor Chiththi" | Dulhan | ||||||||||||||
| "Mehbooba O Mehbooba" | Sholay | |||||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Tere Bina Zindagi Se" | Aandhi | ||||||||||||||
| Vishweshwar Sharma | "Chal Sanyasi Mandir Mein" | Sanyasi | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi † | "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" | *Kabhi Kabhie* | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon" | Mehbooba | ||||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Dil Dhoondta Hai" | Mausam | ||||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Ek Din Bik Jaayega" | Dharam Karam | ||||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar" | Kabhi Kabhie | ||||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Do Deewaane Sheher Mein" | *Gharaonda* | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Parda Hai Parda" | Amar Akbar Anthony | ||||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Naam Gum Jaayega" | Kinara | ||||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Kya Hua Tera Waada" | Hum Kisise Kum Naheen | ||||||||||||||
| Preeti Sagar | "Mera Gaon Kadhapane" | Manthan | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi † | "Aadmi Musafir Hai" | *Apnapan* | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki" | Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki | ||||||||||||||
| Anjaan | "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" | Don | ||||||||||||||
| Pandit Narendra Sharma | "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" | Satyam Shivam Sundaram | ||||||||||||||
| Ravindra Jain | "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se" | Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se |
1980s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulzar † | "Aanewala Pal" | *Gol Maal* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Saawan Ke Jhoole Pade" | Jurmana | |||||||||||||
| "Dafliwale" | Sargam | ||||||||||||||
| Jan Nisar Akhtar | "Aaja Re Mere Dilbar Aaja" | Noorie | |||||||||||||
| Sahir Ludhianvi | "Dil Ke Tukde Tukde Kar Ke" | Dada | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Hazaar Raahen Mud Ke Dekhi" | *Thodisi Bewafaii* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Dard-e-Dil" | Karz | |||||||||||||
| "Om Shanti Om" | |||||||||||||||
| "Salaamat Rahe Dostana Hamara" | Dostana | ||||||||||||||
| "Shisha Ho Ya Dil Ho" | Aasha | ||||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi † | "Tere Mere Beech Mein" | *Ek Duuje Ke Liye* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Solah Baras Ki Bali Umar" | Ek Duuje Ke Liye | |||||||||||||
| "Yaad Aa Rahi Hai" | Love Story | ||||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Jahaan Pe Savera" | Baseraa | |||||||||||||
| Santosh Anand | "Zindagi Ki Naa Toote" | Kranti | |||||||||||||
| – | Santosh Anand † | "Mohabbat Hai Kya Cheez" | *Prem Rog* | ||||||||||||
| Amir Qazalbash | "Meri Kismat" | Prem Rog | |||||||||||||
| Anjaan & Prakash Mehra | "Pag Ghungroo Baandh" | Namak Halaal | |||||||||||||
| Hasan Kamal | "Dil Ke Armaan" | Nikaah | |||||||||||||
| Hasan Kamal – "Dil Ki Yeh Arzoo Thi" from Nikaah | |||||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi" | *Masoom* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge" | Betaab | |||||||||||||
| Gulshan Kumar Mehta | "Hume Aur Jeene Ki" | Agar Tum Na Hote | |||||||||||||
| Saawan Kumar Tak | "Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal" | Souten | |||||||||||||
| "Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet Hai" | |||||||||||||||
| – | Hasan Kamal † | "Aaj Ki Awaaz" | *Aaj Ki Awaaz* | ||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Sohni Chenab Di" | Sohni Mahiwal | |||||||||||||
| Anjaan | "Manzilein Apni Jagah Hain" | Sharaabi | |||||||||||||
| Anjaan and Prakash Mehra | "Intehaa Ho Gayi" | ||||||||||||||
| Indeevar | "Pyaar Ka Tohfa Tera" | Tohfa | |||||||||||||
| – | Vasant Dev † | "Mann Kyon Behka" | *Utsav* | ||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Zindagi Har Kadam" | Meri Jung | |||||||||||||
| Anjaan | "Yaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re" | Saaheb | |||||||||||||
| Hasan Kamal | "Bahut Der Se" | Tawaif | |||||||||||||
| Hasrat Jaipuri | "Sun Sahiba Sun" | Ram Teri Ganga Maili | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Saagar Kinare" | Saagar | |||||||||||||
| *NO CEREMONY HELD* | |||||||||||||||
| *NO CEREMONY HELD* | |||||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Mera Kuchh Saamaan" | *Ijaazat* | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Ek Do Teen" | Tezaab | |||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Papa Kehte Hain" | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak |
1990s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Asad Bhopali † | "Dil Deewana" | *Maine Pyar Kiya* | ||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Lagi Aaj Sawan" | Chandni | |||||||||||||
| Dev Kohli | "Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate" | Maine Pyar Kiya | |||||||||||||
| Sameer † | "Nazar Ke Saamne" | *Aashiqui* | |||||||||||||
| Rani Malik | "Dheere Dheere Se" | Aashiqui | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Naa Jaane Kahan Dil Kho Gaya" | Dil | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Yaara Seeli Seeli" | *Lekin...* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Kabhi Main Kahoon" | Lamhe | |||||||||||||
| Faaiz Anwar | "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" | Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin | |||||||||||||
| Ravindra Jain | "Main Hoon Khushrang Henna" | Henna | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Mera Dil Bhi" | Saajan | |||||||||||||
| Sameer † | "Teri Umeed Tera Intezar Karte Hai" | *Deewana* | |||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Woh Sikander Hi Doston" | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Aisi Deewangi" | Deewana | |||||||||||||
| Sameer † | "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se" | *Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" | Khalnayak | |||||||||||||
| "Jaadu Teri Nazar" | Darr | ||||||||||||||
| Dev Kohli | "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" | Baazigar | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Dil Hum Hum" | Rudaali | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" | *1942: A Love Story* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Tu Cheez Badi Mast Mast" | Mohra | |||||||||||||
| Dev Kohli | "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" | Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Ole Ole" | Yeh Dillagi | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi † | "Tujhe Dekha To" | *Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Ho Gaya Hai Tujhko To Pyar Sajna" | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | |||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya" | Akele Hum Akele Tum | |||||||||||||
| Mehboob | "Kya Kare" | Rangeela | |||||||||||||
| "Tanha Tanha" | |||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" | *Papa Kehte Hai* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale" | Maachis | |||||||||||||
| Majrooh Sultanpuri | "Aaj Main Upar" | Khamoshi: The Musical | |||||||||||||
| Nida Fazli | "Jeevan Kya Hai" | Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Pardesi Pardesi" | Raja Hindustani | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Sandese Aate Hai" | *Border* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Bholi Si Surat" | Dil To Pagal Hai | |||||||||||||
| "I Love My India" | Pardes | ||||||||||||||
| "Zara Tasveer Se Tu" | |||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Chand Taare" | Yes Boss | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Chaiyya Chaiyya" | *Dil Se..* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Ae Ajnabi" | Dil Se.. | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam" | Duplicate | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | |||||||||||||
| "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" |
2000s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anand Bakshi † | "Ishq Bina" | *Taal* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Taal Se Taal Mila" | Taal | |||||||||||||
| Israr Ansari | "Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaaye" | Sarfarosh | |||||||||||||
| Mehboob | "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |||||||||||||
| "Tadap Tadap Ke" | |||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Panchchi Nadiyaan" | *Refugee* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Humko Humise Churaalo" | Mohabbatein | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Aaja Mahiya" | Fiza | |||||||||||||
| Ibrahim Ashk | "Naa Tum Jaano Naa Hum" | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein" | Dhadkan | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Mitwa" | *Lagaan* | |||||||||||||
| Anand Bakshi | "Udja Kale Kawan" | Gadar: Ek Prem Katha | |||||||||||||
| Anil Pandey | "Suraj Hua Maddham" | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Radha Kaise Naa Jale" | Lagaan | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Saathiya" | *Saathiya* | |||||||||||||
| Nusrat Badr | "Dola Re" | Devdas | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Aapke Pyaar Mein" | Raaz | |||||||||||||
| Sudhakar Sharma | "Sanam Mere Humraaz" | Humraaz | |||||||||||||
| "Tumne Zindagi Mein Aake" | |||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Kal Ho Naa Ho" | *Kal Ho Naa Ho* | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Tauba Tumhare Yeh Ishaare" | Chalte Chalte | |||||||||||||
| "Ek Saathi Aur Bhi Tha" | LOC Kargil | ||||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Kisi Se Tum Pyaar Karo" | Andaaz | |||||||||||||
| "Tere Naam" | Tere Naam | ||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Tere Liye" | *Veer-Zaara* | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Aisa Des Hai Mera" | Veer-Zaara | |||||||||||||
| "Main Hoon Na" | Main Hoon Na | ||||||||||||||
| "Main Yahaan Hoon" | Veer-Zaara | ||||||||||||||
| "Yeh Taara Woh Taara" | Swades | ||||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Kajra Re" | *Bunty Aur Babli* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Chup Chup Ke" | Bunty Aur Babli | |||||||||||||
| "Dheere Jalna" | Paheli | ||||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" | Aashiq Banaya Aapne | |||||||||||||
| Swanand Kirkire | "Piyu Bole" | Parineeta | |||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi † | "Chand Sifarish" | *Fanaa* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Beedi" | Omkara | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | |||||||||||||
| "Mitwa" | |||||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi | "Roobaroo" | Rang De Basanti | |||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi † | "Maa" | *Taare Zameen Par* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Tere Bina" | Guru | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Main Agar Kahoon" | Om Shanti Om | |||||||||||||
| Sameer | "Jab Se Tere Naina" | Saawariya | |||||||||||||
| Vishal Dadlani | "Aankhon Mein Teri" | Om Shanti Om | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar † | "Jashn-E-Bahaara" | *Jodhaa Akbar* | |||||||||||||
| Abbas Tyrewala | "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Tu Meri Dost Hai" | Yuvvraaj | |||||||||||||
| Jaideep Sahni | "Haule Haule" | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Socha Hai" | Rock On!! | |||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi | "Guzaarish" | Ghajini |
2010s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irshad Kamil † | "Aaj Din Chadheya" | *Love Aaj Kal* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Dhan Te Nan" | Kaminey | |||||||||||||
| "Kaminey" | |||||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Iktara" | Wake Up Sid | |||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi | "Masakali" | Delhi-6 | |||||||||||||
| "Rehna Tu" | |||||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji" | *Ishqiya* | |||||||||||||
| Faaiz Anwar | "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" | Dabangg | |||||||||||||
| Niranjan Iyengar | "Sajda" | My Name Is Khan | |||||||||||||
| "Noor-e-Khuda" | |||||||||||||||
| Vishal Dadlani | "Bin Tere" | I Hate Luv Storys | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil † | "Nadaan Parindey" | *Rockstar* | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Darling" | 7 Khoon Maaf | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Sadda Haq" | Rockstar | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Señorita" | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | |||||||||||||
| Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyengar | "Chammak Challo" | Ra.One | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Challa" | *Jab Tak Hai Jaan* | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" | Agneepath | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Saans" | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | |||||||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Jee Le Zaara" | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | |||||||||||||
| Swanand Kirkire | "Aashiyan" | Barfi! | |||||||||||||
| Prasoon Joshi † | "Zinda" | *Bhaag Milkha Bhaag* | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Shikayatein" | Lootera | |||||||||||||
| "Kabira" | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | ||||||||||||||
| Mithoon | "Tum Hi Ho" | Aashiqui 2 | |||||||||||||
| Swanand Kirkire | "Manja" | Kai Po Che! | |||||||||||||
| – | Rashmi Singh † | "Muskurane" | *CityLights* | ||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Zehnaseeb" | Hasee Toh Phasee | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Bismil" | Haider | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Pathaka Guddi" | Highway | |||||||||||||
| Kausar Munir | "Suno Na Sangemarmar" | Youngistaan | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil † | "Agar Tum Saath Ho" | Tamasha | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Gerua" | Dilwale | |||||||||||||
| Anvita Dutt Guptan | "Gulaabo" | Shaandaar | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Zinda" | Talvar | |||||||||||||
| Kumaar | "Sooraj Dooba Hain" | Roy | |||||||||||||
| Varun Grover | "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" | Dum Laga Ke Haisha | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya † | "Channa Mereya" | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Jag Ghoomeya" | Sultan | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Aave Re Hitchki" | Mirzya | |||||||||||||
| "Mirzya" | |||||||||||||||
| Kausar Munir | "Love You Zindagi" | Dear Zindagi | |||||||||||||
| Shiv Kumar Batalvi | "Ikk Kudi" | Udta Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya † | "Ullu Ka Pattha" | *Jagga Jasoos* | |||||||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Galti Se Mistake" | Jagga Jasoos | |||||||||||||
| Arko Pravo Mukherjee | "Nazm Nazm" | Bareilly Ki Barfi | |||||||||||||
| Kausar Munir | "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" | Meri Pyaari Bindu | |||||||||||||
| "Nachdi Phira" | Secret Superstar | ||||||||||||||
| Santanu Ghatak | "Rafu" | Tumhari Sulu | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Ae Watan" | *Raazi* | |||||||||||||
| A. M. Turaz | "Binte Dil" | Padmaavat | |||||||||||||
| Gulzar | "Dilbaro" | Raazi | |||||||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Mera Naam Tu" | Zero | |||||||||||||
| Kumaar | "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | |||||||||||||
| Shekhar Astitva | "Kar Har Maidaan Fateh" | Sanju |
2020s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine and Ankur Tewari † | "Apna Time Aayega" | *Gully Boy* | |||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Kalank" | Kalank | |||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Bekhayali" | Kabir Singh | |||||||||
| Manoj Muntashir | "Teri Mitti" | Kesari | |||||||||
| Mithoon | "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage Hum" | Kabir Singh | |||||||||
| Tanishk Bagchi | "Ve Maahi" | Kesari | |||||||||
| Gulzar † | "Chhapaak" | *Chhapaak* | |||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Mehrama" | Love Aaj Kal | |||||||||
| "Shayad" | |||||||||||
| Sayeed Quadri | "Humdum Hardam" | Ludo | |||||||||
| Shakeel Azmi | "Ek Tukda Dhoop" | Thappad | |||||||||
| Vayu | "Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho" | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | |||||||||
| – | Kausar Munir † | "Lehra Do" | *83* | ||||||||
| Irshad Kamil | "Rait Zara Si" | Atrangi Re | |||||||||
| Jaani | "Mann Bharrya 2.0" | Shershaah | |||||||||
| Manoj Muntashir | "Parinda" | Saina | |||||||||
| Tanishk Bagchi | "Raataan Lambiya" | Shershaah | |||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya † | "Kesariya" | *Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva* | |||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Tere Hawaale" | Laal Singh Chaddha | |||||||||
| Apna Bana Le | Bhediya | ||||||||||
| Shellee | "Maiyya Mainu" | Jersey | |||||||||
| A. M. Turaz | "Jab Saiyaan" | Gangubai Kathiawadi | |||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya † | "Tere Vaaste" | *Zara Hatke Zara Bachke* | |||||||||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Tum Kya Mile" | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | |||||||||
| Gulzar | "Itni Si Baat" | Sam Bahadur | |||||||||
| Javed Akhtar | "Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se" | Dunki | |||||||||
| Siddharth–Garima | "Satranga" | Animal | |||||||||
| Swanand Kirkire and I. P. Singh | "Lutt Putt Gaya" | Dunki | |||||||||
| – | Prashant Pandey | "Sajni" | *Lapataa Ladies* | ||||||||
| Kausar Munir | "Sarphira" | Chandu Champion | |||||||||
| Siddhant Kaushal | "Nikat" | Kill | |||||||||
| Swanand Kirkire | "Dheeme Dheeme" | Laapataa Ladies | |||||||||
| Varun Grover | "Raat Akeli Thi" | Merry Christmas |
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