The inaugural award , in 1967 , of this category was presented to S. L. Puram Sadanandan for the Malayalam film '' Agniputhri '' . No award was presented at the 23rd National Film Awards ( 1975 ) . , Malayalam author and screenplay writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair holds the record of winning maximum awards in category with four wins for the films : '' Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha '' ( 1989 ) , '' Kadavu '' ( 1991 ) , '' Sadayam '' ( 1992 ) , and '' Parinayam '' ( 1994 ) . Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was presented the award in 1993 posthumously for the film '' Uttoran '' ; he had earlier received awards for '' Pratidwandi '' ( 1970 ) and '' Sonar Kella '' ( 1974 ) . At the 59th National Film Awards in 2011 , Girish Kulkarni awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Best Dialogue for the Marathi film '' Deool '' . The film was itself adjudged as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film . In 2015 at the 63rd ceremony , Screenplay Writer ( Original ) as well as Dialogue was jointly awarded to Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma for their films '' Piku '' and '' Tanu Weds Manu : Returns '' , respectively
59th National Film Awards
59th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Screenplay