Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist

The Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist is chosen by the jury and the winner is announced at the actual ceremony.

The award is given in the current year, but the winner is awarded for his/her work in the previous year.

Superlatives

Multiple wins

Wins	Recipient
4	Javed Akhtar
3	Gulzar
2	Prasoon Joshi, Irshad Kamil, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Multiple nominations

Wins	Recipient
5	Anand Bakshi
4	Javed Akhtar, Gulzar
2	Prasoon Joshi, Sameer, Manoj Muntashir

Winners and nominees

• Winners are highlighted first in gold, followed by the other nominees.

† – Indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director

‡ – Indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director

1990s

Year	Photos of winners	Lyricist	Song	Film	Ref.
1998 (1st)		Javed Akhtar †	"Sandese Aate Hai"	Border	[1]
		Anand Bakshi ‡	"Bholi Si Surat"	Dil To Pagal Hai
		Anand Bakshi	"Dil To Pagal Hai"
		Anand Bakshi ‡	"I Love My India"	Pardes
		Sameer	"Sona Kitna Sona Hai"	Hero No. 1
1999 (2nd)		Sameer ‡	"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	[2]

2000s

Year	Photos of winners	Lyricist	Song	Film	Ref.
2000 (3rd)		Anand Bakshi †	"Ishq Bina"	Taal	[3]
		Anand Bakshi ‡	"Taal Se Taal"	Taal
		Dev Kohli	"Biwi No.1"	Biwi No.1
		Israr Ansari ‡	"Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye"	Sarfarosh
		Mehboob	"Chand Chupa Badal Mein"	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2001 (4th)		Javed Akhtar †	"Panchhi Nadiya"	Refugee	[4]
2002 (5th)		Javed Akhtar ‡	"Radha Kaise Na Jale"	Lagaan	[5]
2003 (6th)		Gulzar †	"Saathiya"	Saathiya	[6]
2004 (7th)		Amrita Pritam	"Charka Chalati Hai"	Pinjar	[7]
2005 (8th)		Javed Akhtar	"Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera"	Swades	[8]
2006 (9th)		Gulzar †	"Kajra Re"	Bunty Aur Babli	[9]
2007 (10th)		Prasoon Joshi	"Masti Ki Paathshaala"	Rang De Basanti	[10]
		Gulzar ‡	"Beedi Jalaile"	Omkara
		Javed Akhtar ‡	"Mitwa"	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
		Mir Ali Hussain	"Yeh Honsla"	Dor
		Swanand Kirkire	"Bande Mein Tha Dum"	Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2008 (11th)		Prasoon Joshi †	"Maa"	Taare Zameen Par	[11]
		Gulzar ‡	"Tere Bina"	Guru
		Javed Akhtar ‡	"Main Agar Kahoon"	Om Shanti Om
		Sameer Anjaan ‡	"Jab Se Tere Naina"	Saawariya
		Sayeed Quadri	"In Dino"	Life in a... Metro
2009 (12th)	Not Awarded

2010s

Year	Photos of winners	Lyricist	Song	Film	Ref.
2010 (13th)	Not Awarded
2011 (14th)	Not Awarded
2012 (15th)		Irshad Kamil †	"Jo Bhi Main"	Rockstar	[12]
2013 (16th)	Not Awarded
2014 (17th)		Mithoon †	"Tum Hi Ho"	Aashiqui 2	[13]
2015 (18th)	Not Awarded
2016 (18th)		Varun Grover †	"Moh Moh Ke Dhaage"	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	[14]
2017 (19th)		Irshad Kamil †	"Jag Ghoomeya"	Sultan	[15]
2018 (20th)		Amitabh Bhattacharya †	"Zaalima"	Raees	[16]
2019 (21st)		Gulzar ‡	"Dilbaro"	Raazi	[17]
		A. M. Turaz	"Ek Dil Ek Jaan"	Padmaavat
		Amitabh Bhattacharya	"Dhadak"	Dhadak
		Gulzar †	"Ae Watan"	Raazi
		Irshad Kamil ‡	"Mere Naam Tu"	Zero
		Javed Akhtar	"Main Zinda Hoon"	Paltan

2020s

Year	Photos of winners	Lyricist	Song	Film	Ref.
2020 (22nd)		Manoj Muntashir ‡	"Teri Mitti"	Kesari	[18]
		Divine & Ankur Tewari †	"Apna Time Aayega"	Gully Boy
		Kumaar	"Ghungroo"	War
		Manoj Muntashir ‡	"Ve Maahi"	Kesari
		Mithoon ‡	"Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage"	Kabir Singh
2021	Not Awarded
2022	Not Awarded
2023 (23rd)		Amitabh Bhattacharya †	"Kesariya"	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva	[19]
2024 (24th)		Kumaar †	"Chaleya"	Jawan
2025 (25th)		Irshad Kamil †	"Mainu Vida Karo"	Amar Singh Chamkila

See also

• Zee Cine Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India