Zee Cine Award / Best Lyrics
The Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist is a category of the Indian film award Zee Cine Award : the award for the best lyrics .
The Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist is chosen by the jury. The winner of this award will be announced at the award ceremony. The award ceremony takes place every year in March.
Javed Akhtar holds the record with four awards, Gulzar has received three awards in this category.
The following songwriters won the award:
| year | Songwriter | Movie - song | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Javed Akhtar | Border - Sandese Aate Grove | - |
| 1999 | Sameer | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | And suddenly it's love … |
| 2000 | Anand Bakshi | Taal - Ishq Bina | - |
| 2001 | Javed Akhtar | Refugee - Panchhi Nadiya | - |
| 2002 | Javed Akhtar | Lagaan - Radha Kaise Na Jale | Lagaan - Once upon a time in India |
| 2003 | Gulzar | Saathiya - Saathiya | Saathiya - longing for you |
| 2004 | Amrita Pritam | Pinjar - Charka Chalati Shark | - |
| 2005 | Javed Akhtar | Swades - Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera | Swades - home |
| 2006 | Gulzar | Bunty Aur Babli - Kajra Re | - |
| 2007 | Prasoon Joshi | Rang De Basanti - Masti Ki Pathshala | Rang De Basanti - The color saffron |
| 2008 | Prasoon Joshi | Taare Zameen Par - Maa | Taare Zameen Par - A star on earth |
| 2009 | no award | ||
| 2010 | no award | ||
| 2011 | Gulzar | Ishqiya - Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji | - |
| 2012 | Irshad Kamil | Rock star | - |
| 2013 | Causar Munir | Ishaqzaade - Pareshaan | - |
| 2014 | Mithoon Sharma | Aashiqui 2 - Tum Hi Ro | - |