SWA Awards 2025 list of winners: Amar Singh Chamkila, Freedom at Midnight dominate; Kunal Kemmu wins 1st writing honour
Elsewhere, Freedom At Midnight, Nikkhil Advani's historical drama, won big in the web section, along with Raat Jawan Hai writer Khyati Anand-Puthran. The night started on a historic note as the Best Debut (Film) category saw all three nominees sharing the award.
SWA Awards 2025 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 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)
All about the SWA Awards 2025
The SWA Awards 2025 were held at a Mumbai hotel on Saturday evening, after a 7-month-long process of long lists, short lists, and nominations, in which 1,500 entries were judged by a jury of 15 esteemed screenwriters over 15 categories.
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