Complete List of Winners: The Screenwriters Association Awards 2023

The fourth edition of the Screenwriters Association Awards was held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on August 6th, to celebrate the exceptional creative prowess of screenwriters, storytellers, and dialogue writers from across the Hindi entertainment industry. The event was attended by stalwarts of the industry, including Govind Nihalani, Ramesh Taurani, Imitiyaz Husain, JD Majethia and Anjum Rajabali.

Speaking to Film Companion, Preeti Mamgain, President of the SWA, said, “We at the SWA came together with the mindset that hum kisise bheekh maangne nahi aaye hain (we’re not here to beg people for recognition). We are good writers and we need to value ourselves. Nobody is going to value us if we don’t value ourselves.” The jury at the SWA Awards is composed entirely of professional writers who are currently working in the industry. “It’s writers judging the work of fellow writers. What could be better than your own fraternity validating your work?” she said.

Here are the winners of this year’s SWA Awards:  

Feature Film Debut

1. Best Story: Nagraj Popatrao Manjule for Jhund (2022)

2. Best Screenplay: Nagraj Popatrao Manjule for Jhund (2022)

3. Best Dialogues: Divyang Thakkar for Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022)

Web Originals

1. Best Story: Abhay Koranne for Rocket Boys (2022)

2. Best Screenplay: Shefali Bhushan, Jayant Digambar Somalkar, Manav Bhushan, Deeksha Gujral for Guilty Minds (2022)

3. Best Dialogues: Chandan Kumar for Panchayat Season 2 (2022)

Web Adaptations 

1. Best Story: Shivam Nair, Jayprad Desai, Karan Oberoi, Aseem Arora and Saurabh Swammy for Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy (2022)

2. Best Screenplay: Arshad Syed for Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy (2022)

3. Best Dialogues: Vaibhav Modi and Arshad Syed for Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy (2022)

Best Lyrics

1. Feature Film: Amitabh Bhattacharya for ‘Kahani’ from Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)

2. TV/Web: Raj Shekhar for ‘Aise Kyun’ from Mismatched Season 2 (2022)

Television

1. Best Story: Tanuja Chaturvedi for Harphoul Mohini (2022)

2. Best Screenplay: Rajesh Joshi and Shabia Ravi Walia for Pushpa Impossible (2022)

3. Best Dialogue: Sneha Desai and Tushar Ishwer Pushpa Impossible (2022)

Feature Film

1. Best Story: Akshat Ghildial & Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do (2022)

2. Best Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai Do (2022) 

3. Best Dialogue: Nagraj Popatrao Manjule for Jhund (2022) 

4. Jury's Special Mention for Best Story: Prajwal Chandrashekhar and Suresh Triveni for Jalsa (2023)