The Screenwriters Association of India (SWA) unveiled the list of nominations for the 7th edition of the SWA Awards on Friday. The awards honour the best writing from films, series, and television shows of 2025. Fan favourites such as Dhurandhar, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, and Black Warrant bagged the most nominations in their categories, while acclaimed titles like Khauf, Real Kashmir Football Club, and Agra were also recognised. Writer-directors Aryan Khan and Aditya Dhar led from the front for their titles The Ba***ds of Bollywood and Dhurandhar, respectively.SWA Awards 2026 full list of nominations: Aryan Khan and Aditya Dhar are among the frontrunners.SWA Awards 2026 full list of nominationsWeb Drama – Best StorySatyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay for Black WarrantPushkar Sunil Mahabal for Black, White & Gray – Love KillsSmita Singh for KhaufSudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia and Tamal Sen for Paatal Lok Season 2Simaab Hashmi, Dhruv Narang and Mahesh Mathai for Real Kashmir Football ClubWeb Drama – Best ScreenplaySatyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay for Black WarrantPushkar Sunil Mahabal for Black, White & Gray – Love KillsSmita Singh for KhaufSudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia and Tamal Sen for Paatal Lok Season 2Simaab Hashmi, Dhruv Narang, Mahesh Mathai, Umang Vyas and Danish Renzu for Real Kashmir Football ClubWeb Drama – Best DialogueSatyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay for Black WarrantSmita Singh for KhaufSudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia and Tamal Sen for Paatal Lok Season 2Simaab Hashmi, Adhir Bhat and Chintan Gandhi for Real Kashmir Football ClubSumit Arora for The Family Man Season 3Web Comedy/Musical/Romance – Best StoryArunabh Kumar and Puneet Batra for Court KacheriChirag Garg and Avinash Dwivedi for DupahiyaChandan Kumar for Panchayat Season 4Neeraj Udhwani and Ishita Moitra for Single PapaAryan Khan, Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan for The Ba***ds of BollywoodWeb Comedy/Musical/Romance – Best ScreenplayArunabh Kumar, Puneet Batra, Anurag Ramesh Shukla, Akshay Anand Kohli and Anurag Jha for Court KacheriChirag Garg and Avinash Dwivedi for DupahiyaChandan Kumar for Panchayat Season 4Neeraj Udhwani, Ishita Moitra and Shruti Madan for Single PapaAryan Khan, Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan for The Ba***ds of BollywoodWeb Comedy/Musical/Romance – Best DialoguePuneet Batra, Anurag Ramesh Shukla, Akshay Anand Kohli and Anurag Jha for Court KacheriChirag Garg and Avinash Dwivedi for DupahiyaChandan Kumar for Panchayat Season 4Neeraj Udhwani, Ishita Moitra and Shruti Madan for Single PapaAryan Khan for The Ba***ds of BollywoodTelevision – Best StoryShirish Latkar and S. Manasvi for Itti Si KhushiSrinita Bhoumick for Mannat – Har Khushi Paane KiSaurabh Tewari and Shivani Shah for Megha BarsengeRajesh Joshi and Shabia Walia for Pushpa ImpossibleS. Manasvi for Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye KisseyTelevision – Best ScreenplayPallavi Mehta for Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj ChauhanHarneet Singh for Itti Si KhushiSaurabh Tewari, Shashank Kunwar and Pranjal Saxena for Megha BarsengeRajesh Joshi and Shabia Walia for Pushpa ImpossibleS. Manasvi for Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye KisseyTelevision – Best DialogueShashank Kunwar and Pranjal Saxena for Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj ChauhanShashank Kunwar and Pranjal Saxena for Ganga Mai Ki BetiyanArya Kumar Sharma and Kanika Dua for Itti Si KhushiShashank Kunwar and Pranjal Saxena for Megha BarsengeSneha Desai and Tushar Ishwer for Pushpa ImpossibleTV/Web – Best LyricsJUNO for Dekh Tamasha from Panchayat Season 4JUNO for Generator Song from Panchayat Season 4Dr. Sagar for Kanchi Tori Kaya from Gram ChikitsalayAnvita Dutt for Naseeba from Black WarrantAnvita Dutt for Pagg Vich Raakhi Da from Black WarrantFeature Film – Best StoryAtika Chohan and Kanu Behl for AgraReshu Nath for HaqAnurag Basu for Metro… In DinoKaran Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra and Swapnil Salkar “Agadbumb” for StolenVarun Grover for Superboys of MalegaonFeature Film – Best ScreenplayAtika Chohan and Kanu Behl for AgraAditya Dhar for DhurandharAnurag Basu for Metro… In DinoSmita Singh for Raat Akeli Hai – The Bansal MurdersKaran Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra and Swapnil Salkar “Agadbumb” for StolenFeature Film – Best DialogueAditya Dhar for DhurandharReshu Nath for HaqSandeep Srivastava, Samrat Chakraborty and Anurag Basu for Metro… In DinoShubham Vardhan and Swapnil Salkar “Agadbumb” for StolenVarun Grover and Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer for Superboys of MalegaonFeature Film – Best DebutNominations for Feature Film – Best Debut,Rahul Badwelkar and Shazia Iqbal for Dhadak 2Ankur Singla for Ghich PichAranya Sahay for Humans in the LoopTisca Chopra and Sanjay Chopra for Saali MohabbatFeature Film – Best LyricsIrshad Kamil for Aawaara Angaara from Tere Ishk MeinJaved Akhtar for Bande from Superboys of MalegaonAmitabh Bhattacharya for Good for Nothing from Sitaare Zameen ParGulzar for Hum Fanaa from Gustaakh IshqAmitabh Bhattacharya for Qayde Se from Metro… In DinoSWA Awards 2026 juryThe film jury featured Aseem Arrora (screenwriter), Devashish Makhija (screenwriter- director), Hansal Mehta (director - producer), Mayank Shekhar (film critic - journalist), Vijay Maurya (screenwriter- lyricist), while the web jury included Charudutt Acharya (screenwriter- director),Jayprad Desai (screenwriter- director), Shefali Bhushan (screenwriter- director), Suchin Mehrotra (Film critic - journalist) and Trishant Srivastava (screenwriter).The jury for lyrics included Abhiruchi Chand (screenwriter-lyricist), Abhishek Chaubey (Director - Producer), Hussain Haidry (screenwriter- lyricist), Suanshu Khurana (film critic - journalist) and Vipin Mishra (Music Composer). Screenwriters Gajra Kottary, Usha Dixit and Vivek Bahl (screenwriter- producer) rounded off the TV jury.The awards will be presented at a grand ceremony on May 23.