National Film Award/Bestes Drehbuch
# National Film Award/Bestes Drehbuch

Die Gewinner des National Film Award der Kategorie Bestes Drehbuch (Best Screenplay) waren:
| Jahr | Drehbuchautor | Film | Sprache |
| 1966 | Satyajit Ray | Nayak | Bengalisch |
| 1967 | S. L. Puram Sadanandan | Agniputhri | Malayalam |
| 1968 | Anand Kumar | Anokhi Raat | Hindi |
| 1969 | S. R. Puttanna Kanagal | Gejje Pooje | Kannada |
| 1970 | Satyajit Ray | Pratidwandi | Bengalisch |
| 1971 | Tapan Sinha | Ekhonee | Bengalisch |
| 1972 | Gulzar | Koshish | Hindi |
| 1973 | Mrinal Sen Ashish Burman | Padatik | Bengalisch |
| 1974 | Satyajit Ray | Sonar Kella | Bengalisch |
| 1975 | kein Preis | - | - |
| 1976 | Vijay Tendulkar | Manthan | Hindi |
| 1977 | Shyam Benegal Girish Karnad Satyadev Dubey | Bhumika | Hindi |
| 1978 | T. S. Nagabharana T. S. Ranga | Grahana | Kannada |
| 1979 | Sai Paranjpye | Sparsh | Hindi |
| 1980 | Mrinal Sen | Akaler Sandhaney | Bengalisch |
| 1981 | K. Balachander | Thanneer Thanneer | Tamilisch |
| 1982 | Mrinal Sen | Kharij | Bengalisch |
| 1983 | G. V. Iyer | Adi Shankaracharya | Sanskrit |
| 1984 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Mukhamukham | Malayalam |
| 1985 | Bhabendranath Saikia | Agnisnan | Assamesisch |
| 1986 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Phera | Bengalisch |
| 1987 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Anantharam | Malayalam |
| 1988 | Arundhati Roy | In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones | Englisch |
| 1989 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam |
| 1990 | K. S. Sethumadhavan | Marupakkam | Tamilisch |
| 1991 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Kadavu | Malayalam |
| 1992 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Sadayam | Malayalam |
| 1993 | Satyajit Ray | Uttoran | Bengalisch |
| 1994 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Parinayam | Malayalam |
| 1995 | Saeed Akhtar Mirza Ashok Mishra | Naseem | Hindi |
| 1996 | Agathyan | Kathalkottai | Tamilisch |
| 1997 | Rituparno Ghosh | Dahan | Bengalisch |
| 1998 | Ashok Mishra | Samar | Hindi |
| 1999 | Madampu Kunjukuttan | Karunam | Malayalam |
| 2000 | Bharathiraja | Kadal Pookkal | Tamilisch |
| 2001 | Neelakanta | Show | Telugu |
| 2002 | Aparna Sen | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Englisch |
| 2003 | Gautam Ghose | Abar Aranye | Bengalisch |
| 2004 | Manoj Tyagi Nina Arora | Page 3 | Hindi |
| 2005 | Prakash Jha Shridhar Raghavan Manoj Tyagi | Apaharan | Hindi |
| 2006 | Abhijat Joshi Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Hindi |
| 2007 | Feroz Abbas Khan | Gandhi My Father | Hindi / Englisch |
| 2008 | Sachin Kundalkar | Gandha | Marathi |
Derzeit erhält der Gewinner einen Rajat Kamal und ein Preisgeld von 50.000 Rupien.