The 6th edition of the Screenwriters Association (SWA) Awards was held in Mumbai on Saturday evening. It was a sweep for director Imtiaz Ali and his brother Sajid Ali who won two trophies for best story and best screenplay for their work in the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Amar Singh Chamkila. The film also won its third award for lyrics, with Irshad Kamil being adjudged as the winner for his track Baaja. The lyricist dominated the category with a record five nominations.
In the feature film category, it was actor Kunal Kemmu who bagged the best dialogue award for his directorial debut Madgaon Express. What was also unprecedented was the best debut feature film category, which saw all three nominees bagging the award: Shuchi Talati for Girls Will Be Girls, Biplab Goswami and Sneha Desai for India's Oscar Submission Laapataa Ladies and Bodhayan Roychaudhury for Sector 36.
Here is a full list of winners:
Best Debut (Film) - Shuchi Talati for Girls Will Be Girls, Biplab Goswami and Sneha Desai for Laapataa Ladies, and Bodhayan Roychaudhury for Sector 36
Best Story (Film) - Imtiaz Ali and Sajid Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila
Best Screenplay (Film) - Imtiaz Ali and Sajid Ali for Amar Singh Chamkila
Best Dialogue (Film) - Kunal Kemmu for Madgaon Express
Best Lyrics (Film) - Irshad Kamil for Baaja (Amar Singh Chamkila)
Best Story (Web Drama) - Abhinandan Gupta for Freedom at Midnight
Best Screenplay (Web Drama) - Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das, Gundeep Kaur and Revanta Sarabhai for Freedom at Midnight
Best Dialogue (Web Drama) - Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava for IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack
Best Story (Web Comedy/Musical/Romance) - Atmika Didwania, Karan Singh Tyagi, Anand Tiwari, Sejal Pachisia and Digant Patil for Bandish Bandits season 2
Best Screenplay (Web Comedy/Musical/Romance) - Khyati Anand-Puthran for Raat Jawan Hai
Best Dialogue (Web Comedy/Musical/Romance) - Khyati Anand-Puthran for Raat Jawan Hai
Best Story (TV) - Amitabh Singh Ramkshatra for Jubilee Talkies
Best Screenplay (TV) - Leena Gangopadhyay for Iss Ishq Ka… Rabb Rakha
Best Dialogue (TV) - Divy Nidhi Sharma and Aparajita Sharma for Anupamaa
Best Lyrics (TV/Web) - JUNO for Feeling Nayi Hai (Gullak season 4)